According to Nobel laureate economist Ronald Coase, if a person lives near a neighborhood park and a storm uproots several trees around the neighborhood, people will naturally
A. pay for someone to work on their own private property and pitch in to help on the park.
B. ignore the entire problem.
C. work on the public park first.
D. work to repair their own private damage first.
Answer: D
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