The case for advertising includes the fact that

A) it wastes society's scarce resources.
B) firms spend large sums of money to create meaningless differences among products.
C) it provides consumers with valuable information about product availability, quality, and price.
D) it creates wants that otherwise would not have existed.

In 2009 if the poverty line had been set higher,the poverty rate would have been

A) lower.
B) the same.
C) higher.