It May Be Easy for Two Neighbors to Agree to Drain

question 20

Multiple Choice

It may be easy for two neighbors to agree to drain a meadow, which they possess in common, to grow crops. However, when the meadow is much larger and reaches thousands of people,
The solution is more difficult because

• A) decision making is impossible with so many people.
• B) factions would form that would ultimately destroy the meadow for everyone.
• C) the problem of the tyranny of the majority would be impossible to control.
• D) the people involved would suffer from the free rider problem.

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An early stage of development in multicellular organisms, in humans, it refers to the period from fertilization until the end of the eighth week of gestation.

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