Economists argue that free, competitive markets have a kind of dynamic "weeding out" process -- individual owners of scarce capital resources who fail to use them efficiently and profitably will tend to be weeded out in favor of others who do use scarce capital resources more efficiently. When analyzing individuals competing for elections and political power there is also a weeding-out process that favors some individuals' policies over others. What is it?
A. Policies that don't reflect the will of the people will be weeded out in favor of those that ultimately do.
B. Policies that disperse benefits across the citizenry and concentrate the costs onto lobbying groups will most likely persist over time, as opposed to those that do the opposite.
C. Policies that concentrate benefits on a relatively small number of organized constituents and impose costs among a dispersed, unorganized mass of citizens will be often be favored in the competitive political process.
D. Policies that are truly in the "public interest" will always be selected over those that are not.