Successful cartels raise the? participants' profit.? Why, then, do nations have laws making cartels? illegal?

A.

Higher prices transfer surplus from consumers to cartel members and create a competitive return for the cartel.

B.

Higher prices transfer surplus from consumers to cartel members and create a deadweight loss for the society.

C.

Consumers and society are both worse off from the presence of cartels.

D.

Consumers are better off but the society is worse off from the presence of cartels.

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