A Person Observes That Consumer Prices Often Fall When a Nation

question 205

Multiple Choice

A person observes that consumer prices often fall when a nation experiences economic growth. The person then concludes that falling consumer prices lead to economic growth. This would be an example of

• A) the fallacy of composition.
• B) biases.
• C) confusing correlation and causation.
• D) the use of loaded terminology.

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