"When One Basketball Team Spends a Large Sum of Money

question 20

Multiple Choice

"When one basketball team spends a large sum of money acquiring better players, it is better off. If all teams do the same thing, all of them are better off." These statements demonstrate:

• A)​the fallacy of composition.
• B)​confusing association with causation.
• C)​a misunderstanding of the direction of causality.
• D)​the ceteris paribus condition.

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