The four types of economic decision makers are:

A. Firms, corporations, households, and the government
B. Households, firms, government, and the rest of the world
C. Households, corporations, partnerships, and the government
D. Government, corporations, households, firms
C. The rest of the world, corporations, firms, government


Answer: B. Households, firms, government, and the rest of the world

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