Shark fin soup is a favorite Thai food. When a San Francisco–based organization claimed that the leading producer’s soup contained mercury poison, its sales plummeted. The popularity of this soup in Thailand represents a(n) _____ factor, while Thailand’s lax enforcement of environmental protection and consumer protection regulations are a(n) _____ factor.
a. economic; technological
b. social; technological
c. social; political and legal
d. competitive; economic
e. none of the above