Multiple Choice
A plastics manufacturing plant dumps pollution into the Big River.This pollution leads to higher costs and disruption for fishermen on the river,for which they are not compensated.In this situation:
A) too few of society's resources are being used to produce plastic.
B) too many of society's resources are being used to produce plastic.
C) the ideal amount of society's resources are being used to produce plastic.
D) there is an external benefit to society from plastic production.
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