Social Rationale for Increasing Output When Price Exceeds Marginal Social Cost
When production is below the Pareto-efficient level, such as the banana output being under 38,000 tons, the market price for the good is greater than its marginal social cost (P > MSC). This inequality indicates that it is socially beneficial to increase output, as the value to society of an additional unit outweighs the full cost of its production.
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