The Phenomenon of Cutting Out the "Middleman" and Reaching Customers

question 36

Multiple Choice

The phenomenon of cutting out the "middleman" and reaching customers more directly and efficiently is known as ________.

• A) gentrification
• B) demutualization
• C) defalcation
• D) dissemination
• E) disintermediation

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Definitions:

Pareto Optimal

A resource distribution paradigm where it's unattainable to ameliorate the situation of one individual without diminishing that of another.

Utility Functions

Representations of an individual's preference ordering over a set of goods or outcomes, quantifying the satisfaction obtained from each.

Private Goods Consumption

The act of consuming goods that are excludable and rivalrous in nature, implying that one individual's consumption of the good prevents others from consuming the same unit of the good.

Clarke Tax

A taxation mechanism designed to make individuals reveal their true valuation for a public good.