Which of the following would NOT be an example of a technological change?
A) The government passes a law expanding the funding available to NASA and other agencies concerned with the advancement of basic science.
B) A pharmaceutical company develops a new drug that effectively fights malaria.
C) A team of nuclear scientists develop a new way of generating nuclear power that is safer than the older methods but is more expensive to implement.
D) Google develops a new way to perform Internet searches that makes searches produce more relevant results.

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Passing a law, by itself, does not introduce new goods or services, or new processes of production, to the market. Such funding might actually reduce technological change if the funds going to NASA require other sources of technological change to have less funding.

Which of the Following Would NOT Be an Example of a Technological