ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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In a market economy
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All the other answers are true for the market economy.
consumers buy what makes them better off.
those goods and services that people will buy, will be produced.
producers and sellers produce/sell goods and services that are profitable to produce/sell.
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