"Since a household cannot afford to keep adding indefinitely to its debt, a country cannot afford to do so either." is an example of...?
ceteris paribus, everything held constant, analysis
association as causation
rational behavior
marginal analysis
the fallacy of composition
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I'm leaning towards the last one
2006-09-01 16:18:33 · 3 answers · asked by Olivia 4 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Sounds good.
A fallacy of composition arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some (or even every) part of the whole. For example: "This fragment of metal cannot be broken with a hammer, therefore the machine of which it is a part cannot be broken with a hammer." This is clearly fallacious, because many machines can be broken into their constituent parts without any of those parts being so breakable.
2006-09-01 16:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rational behavior of marginal analysis of cause and effect. The opposite would come under last listed, and a position on Bush's budget staff.
2006-09-01 23:36:59 · answer #2 · answered by Mister2-15-2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good conservative principles.
2006-09-02 08:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by Colorado 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋