The Market Mechanism

question 149

Multiple Choice

The market mechanism

• A)Is not a very efficient means of communicating consumer demand to the producers of goods and services.
• B)Works through central planning by government.
• C)Eliminates market failures created by government.
• D)Works because prices serve as a means of communication between consumers and producers.

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