Any activity designed to transfer income or wealth to a particular individual or firm at society's expense is called

A) patent protection.
B) X-inefficiency.
C) price discrimination.
D) rent-seeking.

Rent-seeking

The practice of gaining economic advantage by manipulating the social or political environment in which economic activities occur, instead of by creating new wealth.

Patent Protection

A legal right granted by the government to an inventor, giving them the exclusive right to make, use, or sell their invention for a certain period.