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MR = MC rule
The profit-maximising rule for any firm: produce every unit whose marginal revenue exceeds its marginal cost and stop at the output where the two are equal. For a competitive firm this is the same as setting price equal to marginal cost.
Also called: profit maximization, P = MC
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