A person observes that consumer prices often fall when a nation experiences economic growth. The person then concludes that falling consumer prices leads to economic growth. This would be an example of:

A. The fallacy of composition
B. Biases
C. Confusing correlation and causation
D. The use of loaded terminology

Answer: C

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