A survey finds that miners in West Virginia are less healthy than miners in any other state. Passing federal laws regulating mining conditions would be an example of which broad economic goal?

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Equity
In this scenario, working conditions are regulated by the government so that they improve to a standard comparable to other places. This action follows the broad economic goal of equity—the idea that citizens of a society should have equal opportunities to share in the country's overall wealth.