Question 1
In perfect competition, when firms are maximizing profits and households are maximizing utility
◦ Pareto optimality has been obtained.
◦ voluntary exchange can be used to make both firms and households better off.
◦ the outcome is inefficient.
◦ individual welfare is maximized, but social welfare is not.
Question 2
A ________ system is one in which all possible trades that make some societal members better off without making others worse off have been exhausted.
◦ Pareto maximized
◦ Pareto optimal
◦ market
◦ general equilibrium