Explain the fourth factor of production

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Jean-Baptiste Say argued that entrepreneurs should be called the fourth factor of production because they 

A. organize the other factors and make things happen. 
B. have historically been successful. 
C. are motivated by the desire to make a profit. 
D. can overcome scarcity by new choices.

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