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" You get more irrationality within the family and in consumer behavior than you get, say, in the behavior of firms in their purchases. "
Ronald Coase
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" Roughly speaking, when you are dealing with business firms operating in a competitive system, you can assume that they're going to act rationally. Why? Because someone in a firm who buys things at $10 and sells them for $8.00 isn't going to last very long in that firm. "
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