Failing to Understand the Signaling Role of Prices, Consumers Would

question 86

Multiple Choice

Failing to understand the signaling role of prices, consumers would complain of ________ and politicians would call for ________.

• A) price binding; regulation
• B) price gimmicks; antitrust action
• C) a price ceiling; a price floor
• D) price gouging; price controls

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