Policies Such as Rent Control and Trade Barriers Persist

question 526

Multiple Choice

Policies such as rent control and trade barriers persist

• A)because economists are about evenly divided as to the merits of those policies.
• B)because almost all economists agree that those policies have no discernible economic effects.
• C)because almost all economists agree that those policies are desirable.
• D)despite the fact that almost all economists agree that those policies are undesirable.

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