If one were to compare a competitive market to a monopoly that engages in perfect price discrimination,one could say that
A) in both cases, total social welfare is the same.
B) total social welfare is higher in the competitive market than with the perfectly price discriminating monopoly.
C) in both cases, some potentially mutually beneficial trades do not occur.
D) consumer surplus is the same in both cases.
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