"Bill Gates has made billions of dollars producing and marketing computer software. Many workers and consumers must have observation suffered in order for Gates to amass such enormous wealth." The person who made this

a. has failed to understand the principle of opportunity cost.
b. has failed to comprehend the fallacy of composition.
c. has failed to understand that specialization and voluntary exchange result in mutual economic gain.
d. has utilized the economic way of thinking by thinking the gains of producers are made primarily at the expense of consumers and workers.


a. has failed to understand the principle of opportunity cost.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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