Section 4, Question 4
Behavioral economists have come to believe that a (i)______ of choices can be paralyzing, as Schwartz pointed out in the recent book The Paradox of Choice. Studies of retirement plans show that the more investment choices a plan offers, the less likely people are to participate in it. It may follow, then, that a lack of flexibility in certain plans may actually be a (ii)______. People reasonably (iii)______ some advantage in exchange for peace of mind.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
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(A) surfeit | (D) virtue | (G) foresee |
(B) reduction | (E) conundrum | (H) forestall |
(C) stabilization | (F) revelation | (I) forgo |