Which of the following is an ethical deficiency that can occur when a market is no longer allocating resources or distributing commodities in a way that maximizes utility?

a. Society will prevent overproduction, thereby limiting resources being consumed.
b. Goods become more efficiently distributed to consumers as external costs become differentiated.
c. Firms that do not have to pay external costs use up and waste resources being consumed by external costs.
d. The overproduction of a commodity results in the production of other commodities, creating greater demand.


c.    Firms that do not have to pay external costs use up and waste resources being consumed by external costs.

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