What are diseconomies of​ scale? Diseconomies of scale is   A. when the marginal product of labor is decreasing with output.   B. when the marginal cost of production is increasingwith output.   C. when a​ firm's long-run average costs decrease with output.   D. when a​ firm's long-run average costs increase with output.

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