Negative externalities occur when an individual or firm making a choice negatively affect other parties. A driver who recklessly drives a car on a busy highway is a negative externality because the amusement of the driver is negatively affecting other people. A negative externality arises when the benefit of a decision is less than the negative outcomes of that decision.
Explanation: While an entrepreneur is described as someone who organizes and operates a business venture and assumes much of the associated risks, necessity entrepreneurs only do so out of necessity (the quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolute requisite). As such, they are individuals ranging from educated persons to street sellers especially in developing countries who create small businesses or enterprises out of the need to survive. In Michael Peters' case, he lost his job due to downsizing which caused him to apply his skills and talents to starting up a business.
