We know government failure as the notion that ________ becomes the tool of ________ and makes the allocation of resources even less efficient than before, and this is described in public choice theory.

A. the public; the government
B. government; the rent seeker
C. a natural monopoly; the government
D. government; barriers to entry


Answer: B

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