The Market to Buy and Sell Organs

question 125

Multiple Choice

The market to buy and sell organs:

• A) would increase the well-being of those who interacted in it.
• B) would not be considered "missing," since surplus could be gained from it.
• C) would create negative surplus in those who could not afford an organ, but needed one.
• D) would never exist because it is unfair.

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