The economy was expanding during all of the years that I was a student, but as soon as I graduated, the economy contracted. Therefore, the labor market was waiting until I started looking for a job to contract. This statement is an example of the
A) ceteris paribus fallacy.
B) post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy.
C) fallacy of logic.
D) fallacy of inductive reasoning.

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This statement is an example of the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy, which assumes that because one event followed another, the first event caused the second.

The Economy Was Expanding During All of the Years That