Economics:
Economics:
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ISBN: 9781285859460
Author: BOYES, William
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 24, Problem 8E
To determine

To explain:

The reasons for studying perfect competition as a market structure when there is no real-life industry meeting the conditions. Its relevance making decision to switch careers. The ways in which it sheds some light on pollution, acid rain and other social problems.

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