Grace is president of Mayweather Farm, one of the largest pork producers in the U. S. A business consultant tells Grace that if she moves the pigs into small pens and feeds them cheap, hormone-filled food, the Farm would gross 20 percent more each year. There is little research about housing pigs in tiny pens, but such a life seems less enjoyable for the pigs, and Grace has read medical studies that say hormones are dangerous to both pork consumers and pigs. Analyze Grace's options using the beliefs of Milton Friedman.

The answer should be b.

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