Recall the Application about the British experience with private water companies in the nineteenth century to answer the following question(s).Recall the Application. The British experience with water privatization showed that the distribution of water is:
A. a natural monopoly.
B. best left as a deregulated market.
C. best set up as a trust.
D. a classic example of price fixing.
Answer: A
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