Question ID:PT65 S1 Q7 Passage:Economist: Government intervention in the free market in pursuit of socially desirable goals can affect supply and demand, thereby distorting prices. The ethics of such intervention is comparable to that of administering medicines. Most medicines have harmful as well as beneficial effects, so the use of a type of medicine is ethically justified only when its nonuse would be significantly more harmful than its use. Similarly, government intervention in the free market is justified only when it _______. Stem:Which one of the following most logically completes the final sentence above? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:would likely be approved of by the majority of the affected participants Choice B:has been shown to have few if any significantly harmful effects Choice C:is believed unlikely to significantly exacerbate any existing problems Choice D:would do less damage than would result from the government's not intervening Choice E:provides a solution to some otherwise insoluble problem