Max the Mouse is thinking about cheese. For Max, cheese is under produced. Label each curve shown and discuss the externality.
Starting from the upper right and working in sequence, the curves are MSC, MSB, and MPB. For Max, cheese would be a positive externality since MSB > MPB and would require a subsidy to entice producers to make more cheese.
From a homeowner's perspective, the cheese might be a negative externality so any economic situation must be viewed in the context of the user. I believe that utilitarianism must be view by the act and not a categorical rule such as the one Kant required.
In this case, does providing more cheese benefit society as a whole? If it doesn't then the subsidy should not be included in the production.
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