A single-price, profit-maximizing monopoly that has constant MC imposes a deadweight loss on society by
a. under-producing and forcing potential consumer surplus to be wasted.
b. overproducing and having the costs of the last units produced exceed their benefit to society.
c. redistributing money from the consumer to the producer.
d. pushing marginal revenue all the way to 0 to maximize revenue for itself, an act that costs society welfare.
Answer: a. under-producing and forcing potential consumer surplus to be wasted.