The underlying reason of the problem of pollution is

A) a poorly run Environmental Protection Agency.
B) greed on the part of consumers.
C) greed on the part of producers.
D) poorly defined property rights that are expensive to enforce.

Answer: D

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A. charge one price to all buyers. B. permit the resale of the product by the original buyers. C. be a natural monopoly. D. be able to separate buyers into different markets with different price elasticities.

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The financial crisis in the United States in 2007-2009 brought about all but which of the following changes:

A. a run on money-market mutual funds. B. the placement of the two government-sponsored enterprises for housing finance into conservatorship. C. an increase in the deposit share of the top four U.S. commercial banks. D. a rise in the number of unit banks.

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