Define and explain the tenets of the perfectly competitive
economic model. Explain, and show using diagrams and labels, why
economists argue that competition between producers in markets to
supply goods and services, and competition between consumers in
markets to buy goods and services, with some conditions applying,
will allocate scarce resources efficiently in the economy. Under
what conditions, and why, do markets fail. Give examples of market
failure, and why these occur, where markets do not provide the
amount of...