How might the implementation of price controls have a negative effect?

a. by strengthening the market’s information-transmission system too much
b. by closely aligning the economic decisions of households and firms
c. by depriving the market price of its meaning for buyers and sellers
d. by enforcing the equitable distribution of scarce resources.


c. by depriving the market price of its meaning for buyers and sellers

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Other things equal, contractionary fiscal policy will lead to:

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