All of the Following Encourage Increases in Technological Progress EXCEPT

question 22

Multiple Choice

All of the following encourage increases in technological progress EXCEPT

• A) larger markets through free trade.
• B) the possibility of monopoly profits.
• C) the ability to patent a new invention.
• D) closed economies.

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