Which of the Following Would Be an Example of Rent-Seeking

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be an example of rent-seeking?

• A)arresting opponents of those in power, but not killing them
• B)providing cash payments to influential industry leaders in return for political support
• C)giving control of a nationalized industry to supporters of those in power
• D)power sharing between labor and the military in a nondemocratic regime
• E)nationalizing a previously private utility and keeping it under tight state control

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