The Economic Freedom of the World Data Indicate That During

The economic freedom of the world data indicate that during 1985-2013, economic freedom in less developed countries

A) declined and the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries expanded.
B) increased, but the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries widened because economic freedom rose by an even larger amount in high-income countries.
C) declined but the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries narrowed because there was an even larger decline in economic freedom in high-income countries.
D) increased, and the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries narrowed.