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Economists generally assert the following about pollution:

a. Because we like the products that polluters make, the best solution to pollution is to simply let polluters pollute as much as they wish.
b. The problem we face in dealing with pollution is figuring out how much pollution is too much and how much pollution is not enough.
c. Pollution is never a problem because polluters and victims can always bargain with one another.
d. The ideal amount of pollution is no pollution at all.

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Answer:

c. Pollution is never a problem because polluters and victims can always bargain with one another.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • A pollution is a negative externality and economist explain this through the social costs of the production with the demands and the supply and social costs also includes the private cost of the production incurred by the company.
  • the external lost that are passed to the society and thus pollution is a never-ending problem that is estlabjsjed between the relationships of the victims and the polluters that can bargain with each other.
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