In Most Instances,the Environmental Consequences of Economic Activity Are Not

question 45

Multiple Choice

In most instances,the environmental consequences of economic activity are not taken into account through the market.As a result,

• A) governmental environmental regulation plays a negative role when it tries to ensure that scale consequences are not negative.
• B) governmental environmental regulation plays a negative role when it tries to ensure that structural consequences are positive.
• C) forcing producers to pay the social costs of environmental damage is unfair.
• D) governmental environmental regulation plays an important role in ensuring that economic consequences are more positive than negative.
• E) greater environmental damage will be accepted by society if environmentalists are more active in defending the common societal interest.