Multiple Choice
Markets fail to maximize total surplus when:
A) individual choices impose costs or benefits on others.
B) society's choices impose costs or benefits on other societies.
C) when all costs and benefits are received by participants in transactions.
D) producer surplus is not exactly equal to consumer surplus.
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