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Okay, so for the first question here, why are monopolies generally considered a bad thing from an efficiency standpoint? so price prevailing in a monopoly is considered to be more than the average cost and marginal cost.
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Therefore, this price will create an efficiency loss and market failure.
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The price taken by the monopolist will be more than the production cost.
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And due to that high price, under consuming of the product will occur.
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And therefore the needs of customers are not going to be satisfied.
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So as the firm couldn't make the maximum utilization of scarce resources, there will be inefficiencies in production.
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So therefore, it can be said that a monopoly will not manufacture sufficient output to become efficient.
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And the monopolistic market will be like less the quantity of goods, as well as the huge price when compared to a competitive market.
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So, therefore, while looking on the efficiency standpoint, monopoly is generally considered to be a bad thing.
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For the second question, we can say that a monopoly is a situation where an industry owns a market in a single.
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So the existence of monopoly is based on whether the free market, force, um, um, um, what, whether the free market are able to capture or prevent the other competitors of the market.
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So control or dominance over natural resources, which are crucial for the manufacturer of a product is the major reason for the existence of a monopoly.
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And the next reason is economies, uh, to scale.
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So monopolies will occur naturally due to, um, economies of scale...