That is called a fallacy of composition, where rational actions at an individual level become dangerous and destructive in ...

In “Obama and the ‘Fallacy of Composition’” (op-ed, Feb. 5), William A. Kelly Jr. and Elizabeth Sawyer Kelly contend that free community-college education is a waste of scarce resources and will leave ...

Economics can be a difficult subject area. I am going to shed some light on what I believe are the most common mistakes that people make when trying to analyze economic issues. These economic pitfalls ...

The fallacy of composition is to attribute a common view to each member of a diverse population. Better to think about variation: imagine the different attitudes as circles on a complicated Venn ...

The Super Bowl on Sunday presented a useful illustration of an economic term called the “fallacy of composition.” If you were at the University of Phoenix Stadium and stood up to watch the action ...