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Multiple Choice

Your friend notices that U.S. auto production and U.S. population growth have moved together over several decades. He reasons that one way to slow population growth is for the government to order the auto makers to cut back on production. You gently point out to him that he:

A) would be correct only when the economy was in a recession.
B) has committed the fallacy that association is causation.
C) has ignored the secondary effects.
D) has committed the fallacy of composition.
E) would be correct only if the United States enjoyed a high rate of economic growth.