At the microeconomic level, modern theory begins with consumer behavior and producer theory. Consumers maximize utility subject to budget constraints; producers maximize profit given technology and input prices. The interplay of preferences, production functions, and technology determines market supply and demand. Price mechanisms coordinate decentralized decisions: in perfectly competitive markets prices equal marginal cost, leading to Pareto-efficient allocations under ideal conditions. Modern treatments emphasize mathematical tools—constrained optimization, duality, and comparative statics—to derive demand functions, cost curves, and factor demands.
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