Private Costs

question 207

Multiple Choice

Private costs

• A)are borne by producers of a good while social costs are borne by government.
• B)are borne by consumers of a good while social costs are borne by government.
• C)are borne by producers of a good while social costs are borne by society at large.
• D)are borne by producers of a good while social costs are borne by those who cannot afford to purchase the good.

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Definitions:

Democratic Party

One of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, historically associated with progressive policies and social liberalism.

Monroe Doctrine

A principle of US foreign policy, articulated by President James Monroe in 1823, which opposed European colonialism in the Americas and declared any intervention in the Western Hemisphere as a threat to US security.

Manifest Destiny

A 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.