Which statement regarding the economic theory of mercantilism is FALSE?
A. Its principles spread throughout Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
B. It reduced the desire for nations to acquire and maintain colonies.
C. It assumed that exporting goods was preferable to importing goods.
D. It presumed that the world's wealth was finite.
E. It increased competition among nations.
B
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