Legislation That Offers Immediate and Easily Recognized Benefits, at the Expense

question 9

Multiple Choice

Legislation that offers immediate and easily recognized benefits, at the expense of costs that are observable only in the distant future, is often enacted, even when economic inefficiency results. In economics this is referred to as the

• A) long-term effect.
• B) political-fallacy effect.
• C) shortsightedness effect.
• D) inefficiency effect.

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