Monopoly behavior and government intervention

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Monopolies: Discuss the given statements in Detail
[A] are a good thing since they transfer resources from lower-valued to higher- valued activities thereby helping to maximize society's happiness?
[B] are bad because they produce too little output; thereby decreasing society's happiness
[C] a monopoly problem arises whenever Marginal Revenue (the change in Total revenue caused by an increase in output of one unit), is substantially less than Price at the firm's profit-maximizing level of output
[D] Can government regulation fix (a), (b), and (c) above ? if so how, if not why?

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