In the Context of Public Goods and Government Efforts to Correct

Multiple Choice

In the context of public goods and government efforts to correct market failure, economists may tend to be critical of the Endangered Species Act because:

A) economists don't generally care about the environment.
B) species have no economic value.
C) the Act eliminates many activities that would contribute to the total output of the economy.
D) the Act does not generally provide for a weighing of the costs and the benefits of species preservation.