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Market failure
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Market failure

Saddique Ansari • January 28, 2020 • 1 min read

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Market failure – definition

A market failure is a situation where free markets fail to allocate scarce resources efficiently. These can be complete or partial.

  • Markets work well when certain conditions are met.

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