Shawntae is 42 years old, has very few friends, and has problems maintaining relationships. whenever she develops a new friendship, she begins to distrust the motives of this friend and accuses that person of trying to take her money. shawntae constantly sees conspiracies where they do not exist and is forever on guard against people trying to hurt or abuse her. because she has had these tendencies since she was a child, shawntae should most likely be diagnosed as suffering from personality disorder.

Cooperation among oligopolies runs counter to the public interest because it leads to underproduction and high prices. in an effort to bring resource allocation closer to the social optimum, public officials attempt to force oligopolies to compete instead of cooperating. consider the following scenario: suppose that the presidents of two auto manufacturing companies exchange text messages in which they discuss jointly raising prices on their new lines of hybrid suvs. this illegal communication would violate which of the following laws? the sherman antitrust act of 1890 the robinson–patman act of 1936 the celler–kefauver act of 1950 the clayton act of 1914