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Nearly all critics agree that consumers have the most benefits in a perfectly competitive market.
Do you agree? Why or why not?
Provide at least two reasons to support your argument.
Name the circumstances which indicate an oligopolistic market structure and discuss a real life example of such a market structure.
What are the most significant differences between oligopolistic and perfect competition from the consumer's point of view and from the firm's point of view?

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