What is an amplified example of negative externality in economics?
A more definitive answer to an example of a negative externality
is as follows. When the production of a product generates
pollution, there are costs that fall onto society in addition to
those of the producer. This may have the social cost exceed the
private cost of production. This brings us to the term of total
surplus. In this example, total surplus is the value to consumers
minus the true social cost. With this said, it boils down to this:
when the benefit to society is less than the weight of the
externality, it is a sure negative.