What are Negative Externalities in consumption?

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  • What are Negative Externalities in consumption?:
    • Negative externalities in consumption are costs to third parties as a result of the actions of consumers.
  • What are negative externalities of consumption?
    Negative externalities in consumption are costs to third parties as a result of the actions of consumers.
  • Negative Externalities of Consumption:
    • In a free market, individual consumers only consider their private benefits in consumption; they ignore the full social benefit of their actions due to self interest. 
  • Negative Externalities of Consumption:
    • When sugary drinks are consumed it costs society more than producers
  • Negative Externalities of Consumption:
    • In the negative externalities of consumption diagram the demand curve shifts to the left
  • In the negative externalities of production mpb is greater than msb