Which of the following represents the true economic cost of production when firms produce goods that generate negative externalities?
A) the private cost of production
B) the external cost of production
C) the social cost of production
D) the explicit cost of production
C
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According to Robert Reich, secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration,
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