Choose the Statement That Does Not Challenge the Assumptions Commonly

Choose the statement that does not challenge the assumptions commonly found in economic textbooks that customers are benefited, almost by definition, whenever their preferences are satisfied in the market.

A) Impulse buying cannot be justified by appeal to consumer interests.
B) The exchange is prima facie ethically legitimate because it assumes that the individuals involved in the transaction act as free, autonomous agents capable of pursuing their own ends.
C) The ever-increasing number of bankruptcies suggests that consumers cannot purchase happiness.
D) Empirical studies provide evidence that greater consumption can lead to unhappiness.