Allocative inefficiency of monopoly: A monopolist produces where P > MC, meaning too few resources are allocated to the good from society perspective.
How to apply it: Contrast monopoly with perfect competition: in competition P = MC (allocatively efficient), while monopoly has P > MC.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Imperfect Competition
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