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Your text identifies all of the following as reasons why unsustainable debt may occur EXCEPT

A) when countries are dependent on one or two key export commodities, and there is a sudden drop in the price of those commodities. B) when natural disasters occur. C) when civil conflicts are resolved and a peace dividend occurs. D) when there are corrupt politicians and practices. E) when government officials try to buy votes with unsustainable spending.

One explanation that economists give for the persistence of poverty in LDCs falls under the category of nonscientific perceptions. An example of this is people in LDCs who

a. are unwilling to devote their energies to intellectual pursuits b. don't share the values associated with the means to acquire or the acquisition of the materialist world commonly identified with Westerners c. are not rational, utility-maximizing, economic agents d. value their children e. because of climate, require a lower calorie diet to survive