Government Must Provide Economically Desirable Public Goods Because

Multiple Choice

Government must provide economically desirable public goods because:

A) private production of these goods would entail unacceptably high levels of external costs.
B) the availability of such goods yields no benefits to individual consumers.
C) the benefits yielded by such goods cannot be withheld from those who refuse to pay for them.
D) their provision is necessary if we are to reduce unemployment and inflation.