Question

There are three equally-sized distinct subpopulations in Utopolis: unemployed, workers, and retirees. There are four possible social states which result in different utility levels for the three subpopulations:_______.
Social State Unemployed Workers Retirees
A 12 50 10
B 20 20 20
C 15 15 15
D 1 40 1
a. Which social states might plausibly be chosen by the government of Utopolis? And Why?
b. There is a government election in Utopolis with two candidates: a Rawlsian and a Utilitarian candidate. Each candidate promises to enact one of the social states above. If the majority of citizens elect the candidate, which social state will be enacted?

Answer 1

Answer:

A) social state A and social state D

B) Social state D

Explanation:

A) The social states that might be chosen by the government are

State A  and State D  : Because it has a reasonable number of active worker that are far greater than the unemployed and Retirees and this means that there is a reasonable amount of income  in the social states and the data from other social states looks quite Fraudulent because there is no way the unemployed = workers and also = Retirees

B) The social state that will most likely be enacted is Social state D and this is due to the High ratio of Active workers compared to the unemployed and retirees