Recall the Application about the benefits generated when one country gathers information on global weather to answer the following question(s).Recall the Application. Weather monitoring is:

A. a public good.
B. a private good.
C. impossible because it requires international cooperation.
D. efficiently provided by private markets because it is profitable.


Answer: A

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