Shifting resources from other goods to security goods may not increase a nation's national security if

a. the law of increasing opportunity cost is not applicable
b. the economy is already at full employment
c. the economy is not at full employment
d. national security is already at its maximum
e. other nations react to the shift by increasing their own spending on national security


E

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