An Increase in the Price of Gold Is Always Associated

question 198

Multiple Choice

An increase in the price of gold is always associated with the outbreak of wars; increasing gold prices cause wars. This would be an example of what logical misconception?

• A) ceteris paribus
• B) correlation is causation
• C) laissez-faire
• D) nonlinearity

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