The Brennan Center Listed Several Explanations That Accounted for Decreases

question 18

Multiple Choice

The Brennan Center listed several explanations that accounted for decreases in crime in the 1990s but argued that the impact did not account for decreases in from 2000 to 2014. What economic concept would account for this?

• A)Increasing returns.
• B)Diminishing returns.
• C)The irrelevance of fixed cost.
• D)Opportunity cost.

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