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How are profits and competition important to market economy?

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Answer: When firms compete with each other, consumers get the best possible prices, quantity, and quality of goods and services. Competition can lead companies to invent lower-cost manufacturing processes, which can increase their profits and help them compete and then, pass those savings on to the consumer.

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