What is the best way to deal with pollution

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Pollution is a negative externality that the government attempts to correct by using a variety of means.

Public education is a positive externality that the government attempts to correct by using a variety of means.

Based on our reading for the week address these externality issues.

Please respond to all of the following prompts:

  • What is the best way to deal with pollution and / or global warming (climate change)? Why?

•What is the best solution to the problems in education that exist today in the United States? Justify your answer using economic analysis.

 

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