Briefly state the basic characteristics of pure competition. Strictly speaking, pure competition has probably never existed and probably never will. Then why study it?

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Briefly state the basic characteristics of pure competition. Strictly speaking, pure competition has probably never existed and probably never will. Then why study it?

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