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A business consultant advises a single, small-scale wheat farmer to launch an expensive advertising campaign focused on the general health benefits of wheat. This farmer is one of thousands who produce physically identical wheat and sell it at a market-determined price. Analyze the fundamental economic flaw in this consultant's advice. In your response, break down the relationship between the costs the individual farmer would bear and the benefits that would be generated, explaining how the market's characteristics influence this outcome.
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