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externalities, market failure, public goods
Economics is concerned with the allocation of scarce resources. Almost all decisions taken by economic agents (including individuals, firms and governments) involve value judgements being made on resource allocation. However, one important question is whether resources are allocated efficiently — that is, whether markets achieve allocative efficiency. An efficient allocation of resources occurs when it’s impossible to make someone better off without making someone else worse off.
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