When the benefits to society of using a product exceed benefits to the user,

a. the product should be strictly regulated
b. the product should be taxed
c. the product provides a positive externality
d. the product is overproduced at the privately determined equilibrium
e. in time the product will not be produced

C

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If the required reserve ratio (RRR) is 10 percent and the Fed sells a $5,000 bond to an individual who pays for it with a check, the money supply will

a. not change b. decrease by $4,500 c. increase by $4,500 d. decrease by $5,000 e. increase by $5,000

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