Multiple Choice
Pollution and other negative externalities arise because
A) there are no enforceable property rights to open-access resources
B) legislators cannot agree on what to do about them
C) they are the price consumers are willing to pay for production of goods and services
D) private property rights to pollute are controlled by businesses
E) science cannot decide how to control them
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