A State of Rational Ignorance

question 63

Multiple Choice

A state of rational ignorance

• A) is a reflection of too little education.
• B) makes sense only if information is a free good.
• C) exists only in ideal representative democracies.
• D) makes sense when the costs of becoming informed are greater than the benefits.
• E) none of the above

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