The Invisible Hand Principle Indicates That Competitive Markets Can Help

question 135

Multiple Choice

The invisible hand principle indicates that competitive markets can help promote the efficient use of resources

• A) only if buyers and sellers really care, personally, about economic efficiency.
• B) even when each market participant cares only about their own self interest rather than about the overall efficiency of resource use.
• C) even if business firms fail to produce goods efficiently.
• D) if, and only if, businesses recognize their social obligation to keep costs low and use resources wisely.

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