Public Goods Are Not Sold in Efficient Quantities in the Marketplace

question 145

Multiple Choice

Public goods are not sold in efficient quantities in the marketplace because:

• A) once supplied to a buyer, they are made available at no cost to someone else.
• B) the more one person has, the less another person has.
• C) they are usually so costly that only the wealthy can afford them.
• D) of none of the above.

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