Monopsony: A labor market with a single buyer of labor.
How to apply it: Explain that a monopsony faces an upward-sloping labor supply curve and a marginal factor cost curve above it, leading to lower wages and fewer workers than in a competitive market.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Factor Markets
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