Equilibrium in a Perfectly Competitive Market Results in the Greatest

question 164

Essay

Equilibrium in a perfectly competitive market results in the greatest amount of economic surplus, or total benefit to society, from the production of a good.Why, then, did Joseph Schumpeter argue that an economy may benefit more from firms that have market power than from firms that are perfectly competitive?

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Foreign Employees

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