What Is the Best Course of Action When a Person

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Multiple Choice

What is the best course of action when a person is threatening suicide and has a specific, workable plan?

• A)Document the incident in case the situation worsens, but take care not to overreact.
• B)Ask the person to accompany you to a mental health clinic or hospital emergency room.
• C)Be supportive and try to get day-to-day commitments from the person, such as meeting for lunch.
• D)Ignore the threat so that you don't reinforce death-obsessed verbalizations.

Explain how externalities lead to an inefficient allocation of resources in the absence of government intervention.

Identify scenarios in which market-based solutions can internalize externalities and restore efficiency.

Evaluate the effect of specific taxes and subsidies on achieving efficient market outcomes.

Discern the role of marginal analysis in determining the efficient level of production and consumption.

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