The Assessment by George Stigler Concerning the Tradeoffs Between "Market

question 195

Multiple Choice

The assessment by George Stigler concerning the tradeoffs between "market failure" and "political failure" in the American economy provides support for which of the following solutions to the problems of monopolies?

• A)public ownership of monopolies
• B)government regulation of monopolies
• C)government incentives to promote competition in monopolized industries
• D)doing nothing at all

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