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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The "highest cost possible" is higher in a monopoly than a duopoly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, it's at the consumers wallet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The highest cost is hard set by what the consumer is able to spend.

They cannot go higher.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

if that's how you want to define "highest cost", then goods absolutely aren't priced at highest cost in a duopoly

they aren't even priced at highest cost in a monopoly, because "all the money a person has" is just cartoon logic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Markets have a carrying capacity.

You cannot exceed this, it’s not a cartoonish “all the money you have”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So "highest cost" isn't set by "what the consumer is able to spend"? So what's it set by?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you like an idiot or something? I’m genuinely asking because I don’t know how many times I can keep saying the same basic thing to you.

It’s set by the maximum market rate, that being the highest price before it’s too expensive and loss of sales cuts into revenue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And "the highest price before it’s too expensive and loss of sales cuts into revenue" is higher in a monopoly than a duopoly. Meaning the "highest cost" is higher in a monopoly than a duopoly.

As an addendum, you haven't really mentioned anything past a vague idea of "maximum cost" until now, so I'm not really sure what you mean about repeating yourself. Are you okay, friend?