What Is the Fallacy of Composition

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Multiple Choice

What is the fallacy of composition?

• A)the idea that correlation need not imply causation
• B)the erroneous view that an economic activity can sometimes exceed the sum of its components
• C)the view that the aggregation of economic activity will necessarily lead to an outcome that is different from the outcome generated by each individual in the group
• D)the erroneous view that what is true for the individual will also be true for the group

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