Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260507041
Author: Colander, David
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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If you buy something, you are never ripped off, at least according to the way economists think. If you are willing to spend the money for something, then it has at least that much utility to you. Think about the following three situations:
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Economists suggest that common people consciously equate marginal utility with price as they are shopping for groceries, but I don't think anyone else but economists may do this and I suspect even they slip up. It is ridiculous to describe consumer behavior in terms of a theory that consumers have never even heard of. Humans are not super calculators. Many times people buy things on a whim. For example, I buy chewing gum at the checkout counter and it is not on my original list of items to purchase.
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