A Company That Dumps Toxic Waste in a River to Keep

question 110

Multiple Choice

A company that dumps toxic waste in a river to keep costs down will likely never get caught by environmental regulators. According to Garrett Harden, we can best understand the costs of this action in terms of:

• A) a public goods dilemma.
• B) a relative deprivation.
• C) by thinking of it as an unintended consequence.
• D) a social dilemma.
• E) a tragedy of the commons.

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