marginal utility (economics) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia - 0 views
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These economists believed that price was partly determined by a commodity’s utility—that is, the degree to which it satisfies a consumer’s needs and desires. This definition of utility, however, led to a paradox when applied to prevailing price
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Thus, the marginal utility to a buyer of a product decreases as he purchases more and more of that product, until the point is reached at which he has no need at all of additional units. The marginal utility is then zero.
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