The most common way that the government deals with negative externalities is

a. ignoring them
b. taxing the goods that cause the negative externalities
c. controlling the quantity produced of the good that causes the negative externalities
d. privatizing them
e. to make its production illegal

C

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A) a natural monopoly B) price discrimination C) rent seeking D) gouging

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