Why do business firms exist? Do firms substitute for the market or complement the market? Why do firms buy some inputs but make others?These are basic economic questions.
Keynesian economics continues to infect much public debate, despite being debunked for decades by Austrian economists, some mainstream economists, and reality itself.
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