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Discuss whether economic efficiency as described in text books is likely to be able to be achieved in practice?
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Economic efficiency is said to be achieved when both the conditions of productive and allocative efficiency are fulfilled. Productive efficiency arises when productin is carried out at lowest cost, i.e, at minimum average cost. On the other hand allocative efficiency arises when resources are allocated to teh production of those goods and services which consumers demand the most. This efficiency arises when price is equal to teh marginal cost of the good or service.
Economic efficiency exists in the idealistic perfect market model of perfect competition. However this market structure barely exists. Imperfections exist in all markets. Moreover even if a market is eficient there may be a misallocation of resources which does not give rise to wellbeing of the economy. Hence economic efficiency does not necessarily lead to welfare economics.
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