The correct answer is “D) It will rise”.
Indeed, a basic capitalistic principle is the relationship between supply and demand. If such basketball is in high demand, the producers will raise the prices since they will consider that since people want it so much, they will be willing to pay even the highest prices they can pay to get it. Producers might even reduce the supply to further increase the prices and they often do. A good example is pharmaceutical corporations that raise the price of cancer and AIDS medication that is cheaply produced because it is in high demand due to the AIDS and Cancer epidemics. The medication usually is produced at a cost that is completely disconnected to the level of the prices that are charged.
