One reason economists began to look at more effective coordination mechanisms is that they began to:

A. focus more on the assumption that people are rational.
B. focus more on people's predictably irrational behavior.
C. rely more heavily on deductive reasoning.
D. use advanced calculus in their models.


Answer: B

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A) the social marginal cost exceeds the private marginal cost. B) the private marginal cost exceeds the social marginal cost. C) the optimal quantity of steel is zero. D) not enough steel gets produced by the competitive market.

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

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