Rational ignorance is
A) a result of our educational system.
B) the curtain,or wall,of knowledge between the persons that are educated and those that are not.
C) the curtain behind which people choose to hide to avoid knowledge about poverty and,in general,the unequal distribution of income.
D) the curtain separating educated voters from uneducated voters.
E) none of the above

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Rational ignorance refers to the decision not to acquire information because the cost of doing so exceeds the expected benefit. None of the provided options accurately describe this concept, as they all relate to different forms of knowledge barriers or societal issues rather than the economic or rational choice to remain uninformed due to cost-benefit analysis.

Rational Ignorance Is