Concept:Middlemen (wholesalers, retailers, and agents) form an important part of the distribution chain.
Removing them directly reduces their economic function and can cause job losses.
Explanation:When producers bypass middlemen, they sell goods directly to consumers.
This shortens the chain of distribution but also removes the role of intermediaries.
Middlemen who earn their living by buying, storing, transporting, and selling goods would lose their source of income.
If this practice becomes widespread, it reduces the demand for labour in distribution and trade services.
As a result, the affected workers may become unemployed.
Therefore, the direct effect of bypassing middlemen is unemployment, not lower output or artificial scarcity.
High prices, increased tax revenue, and artificial scarcity are not the immediate consequences of removing middlemen.
Answer:A. a problem of unemployment of labour.