3D printing is an exciting new manufacturing technology that will allow producers to fabricate all kinds of items with a single, small, mobile printer. If the technology succeeds, we won't have as much need for large, immovable factories. What would be the result?
A) Governments would have a harder time raising revenue by taxing manufacturing.
B) The deadweight loss from taxing manufacturing would decrease.
C) The elasticity of demand for manufactured goods would increase.
D) Consumers would pay a smaller portion of the tax on manufactured goods.

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If manufacturing becomes decentralized and mobile, it would be more challenging for governments to track and tax production, potentially reducing tax revenue from manufacturing.

3D Printing Is an Exciting New Manufacturing Technology That Will