Some people who do not understand the optimal purchase rule argue that if a consumer buys so

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Some people who do not understand the optimal purchase rule argue that if a consumer buys so much of a good that its price equals its marginal utility, the consumer could not possibly be behaving optimally. Rather, they say, the consumer would be better off quitting while ahead or buying a quantity such that marginal utility is much greater than price. What is wrong with this argument?
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Economics Principles and Policy

ISBN: 978-0538453653

12th edition

Authors: William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder

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