Multiple Choice
Deadweight loss is:
A) necessary to ensure that resources are channeled to their highest-valued use.
B) the loss to the economy from firms going out of business due to competition.
C) usually offset by deadweight gains.
D) the total of lost consumer and producer surplus when not all mutually profitable gains from trade are exploited.
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