From society's perspective, in the presence of a supply-side market failure, the last unit of a good produced typically:

A. generates more of a benefit than it costs to produce.
B. produces a benefit exactly equal to the cost of producing the last unit.
C. maximizes the net benefit to society.
D. costs more to produce than it provides in benefits.

Answer: D

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