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Economists note that no large-scale famine has ever occurred in an:

AIndependent democracy
BIndependent monarchy
COil-rich dictatorship
DAncient empire state
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Independent democracy
1. Democratic India responded to food scarcity. 2. No independent democracy has had a large famine. 3. A free press and opposition force governments to act. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 1, What is Democracy? Why Democracy?_
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