The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) represents a controversial example of the government's role in providing public goods because
A) flood control and navigation dams will be provided by private barge companies.
B) the dams would enable the government to provide hydroelectric power in competition with private utilities.
C) the Tennessee Valley region was so economically depressed that it was unable to raise the tax revenues needed for the project.
D) the benefits that would be generated from these projects would be significantly lower than the costs of construction.
E) there were clear external diseconomies that would result from damming up rivers and increasing barge traffic.
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