According to Recent Scholarship, During the Eighteenth Century, the Guild

According to recent scholarship, during the eighteenth century, the guild system

A) was in the process of collapse as new technologies made guild regulations obsolete.
B) inhibited the development of the economy through its rigid rules and their strict application.
C) provided the foundation for Great Britain's economic growth, since the guilds were strongly supported under British law.
D) remained flexible as masters adopted new technologies and circumvented impractical rules.