Public goods should be provided to the point at which the marginal cost of production equals:

A) the maximum price any individual is willing to pay for that unit.
B) the highest marginal benefit from any individual consumer of the good.
C) zero.
D) the sum of the individual marginal benefits from all consumers of that unit.

Marginal Cost

The additional cost resulting from the production of one more unit of a product or service.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they are available for everyone to consume, regardless of who pays for them.

Production

The process of creating goods and services from various inputs like labor, land, and capital.