Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781259655500
Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 4QAP
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To determine
Explain the comparison and the contrast for allocation outcome with a free market outcome.
(b)
To determine
Explain which alternative is more just.
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