With respect to monopolies, deadweight loss refers to the
A) socially unproductive amounts of money spent to obtain or acquire a monopoly.
B) net loss in consumer and producer surplus due to a monopolist's pricing strategy/policy.
C) lost consumer surplus from monopolistic pricing.
D) none of the above
B
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