A situation in which the market system allocates too few resources to the production of a given activity is known as

A. market efficiency.
B. market failure.
C. market signaling.
D. market allocation.


Answer: B

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A. if total saving is larger than total investment B. if net exports are not zero C. if inventory investment is negative D. None of the answers is correct—they are always equal.

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