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Refer to Chapter 10 in the textbook which discusses externalities. Specifically, reference section 10-2, which details public policies towards externalities. Additionally, find an article using your subscription to the Wall Street Journal detailing one proposed solution to pollution. In your post, summarize the selected article and discuss the following: Explain which of the public policies detailed in section 10-2 of the textbook best describes the proposed solution in the selected article. Which of the public policy approaches outlined in section 10-2
would work best to resolve this pollution problem and why? Hello Professor, After reading my article about water pollution in southern California, I would have to say that the public policy that best describes the solution covered in the article is command and
control policies. Command and control policies are all about the government and how they can address an externality by enforcing or prohibiting particular activities. In the article, the mentioned solution was talking about the government, the Biden administration, and Congress
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approving upgrades and other things for better water so people can swim, surf, and do other things at the beach. I also think that a command and control policy would be the best solution. Because the ocean is a public good there is no market fix for it. So the government has to come in
and step up and put different laws and rules when it comes to water pollution and water filtration https://www.wsj.com/us- news/climate- environment/surfs-never-up- anymore-at-this-southern-
california-beach-408a09f2? mod=Searchresults_pos1&page =1
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