If individuals were fully rational, financing services such as social networks and search engines by selling data collected on consumers would be:

A. less of a problem than otherwise because consumers would not be inappropriately influenced by advertising.
B. less of a problem than otherwise because consumers would not be inappropriately influenced by government.
C. more of a problem than otherwise because consumers would not be inappropriately influenced by advertising.
D. more of a problem than otherwise because consumers would not be inappropriately influenced by government.


Answer: A

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