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LIMITED RESOURCES: Finite quantities of labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship available to an economy for the production of goods and services. This is one half of the fundamental problem of scarcity that has plagued humanity since the beginning of time. The other half of the scarcity problem is unlimited wants and needs.

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Lesson 19: Monopolistic Competition | Unit 4: Analysis Page: 16 of 22

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  • The market control of monopolistic competition firms has two important implications:

  • First, resources are not used efficiently.
  • Second, as previously noted, firms have excess capacity.

    • Efficiency: Resources are used efficiently when price is equal to marginal cost.

    • Excess Capacity: In the long run, efficient use of capital is achieved at the minimum efficient scale.


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BANK RUN

A situation in which a relatively large number of a bank's customers attempt to withdraw their deposits in a relatively short period of time, usually within a day or two. While common throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, government deposit insurance has largely eliminated banks runs in the modern economy. Historically a bank run was prompted by fears that the bank was on the verge of collapse, causing deposits to become worthless. Ironically a bank run often caused the bank to fail. Bank runs were often infectious, leading to economy-wide bank panics and business-cycle contractions.

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