a cartel is an explicit agreement among competing firms to fix prices, marketing, and production. the goal of a cartel is to increase the collective profits of the participating companies by reducing competition. although firms in many industries have tried to organize cartels, very few known cartels have lasted for more than 4 or 5 years, because the members of a cartel all have an incentive to cheat and cut prices just a little in order to maximize their individual profits at the expense of profits of the cartel as a whole. select true for the statement that the given information most strongly suggests is true. select false for the statement that the given information most strongly suggests is false. make only two selections, one in each column.
