Consumer’s surplus
A. is the gap between total willingness to pay and the total market value of a good.
B. guarantees that the market value of a good in money is equal to the total economic value of the good.
C. is always negative because of diminishing marginal utility.
D. is the total area under a consumer’s demand curve.
Answer: A
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