What does it mean to the entrepreneur when economic profit is zero?
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Step 1: When economic profit is zero, it means that the entrepreneur is earning just enough revenue to cover all costs, including both explicit costs (such as rent, wages, and materials) and implicit costs (such as the opportunity cost of the entrepreneur's time Show more…
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