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Economists believe that there are more efficient ways to deal with pollution than with environmental standards because these standards do NOT:

  • reduce pollution enough.
  • allow reductions in pollution to be achieved at minimum cost.
  • internalize the externality.
  • provide for any means of enforcement.

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