14. Suppose a market is currently producing in an allocatively efficient manner. Using the concepts of marginal utility, marginal cost, and price, explain exactly what that market must be doing and why that makes the outcome allocatively efficient or not.

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14. Suppose a market is currently producing in an allocatively efficient manner. Using the concepts of marginal utility, marginal cost, and price, explain exactly what that market must be doing and why that makes the outcome allocatively efficient or not.

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