Margaret is passionately committed to animal rights. at an evening lecture required for her biology class, she learned that the title of the speaker's talk was "the importance of animal experimentation to medical advances." offended and sure that the speaker had nothing ethical or interesting to say, margaret paid no attention at all during the lecture. according to your textbook, the primary cause of margaret's poor listening was
a. poor concentration.
b. focusing on the speaker's topic.
c. being distracted by external interference.
d. jumping to conclusions.
e. spare "brain time."

Cooperation among oligopolies runs counter to the public interest because it leads to underproduction and high prices. in an effort to bring resource allocation closer to the social optimum, public officials attempt to force oligopolies to compete instead of cooperating. consider the following scenario: suppose that the presidents of two auto manufacturing companies exchange text messages in which they discuss jointly raising prices on their new lines of hybrid suvs. this illegal communication would violate which of the following laws? the sherman antitrust act of 1890 the robinson–patman act of 1936 the celler–kefauver act of 1950 the clayton act of 1914