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      • In economics, marginal utility describes the change in utility (pleasure or satisfaction resulting from the consumption) of one unit of a good or service.
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  2. In economics, marginal utility describes the change in utility (pleasure or satisfaction resulting from the consumption) of one unit of a good or service. Marginal utility can be positive, negative, or zero.

  3. Dec 19, 2023 · Marginal utility is the added satisfaction a consumer gets from having one more unit of a good or service. The concept of marginal utility is used by economists to determine how much of an...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MarginalismMarginalism - Wikipedia

    Marginalism is a theory of economics that attempts to explain the discrepancy in the value of goods and services by reference to their secondary, or marginal, utility. It states that the reason why the price of diamonds is higher than that of water, for example, owes to the greater additional satisfaction of the diamonds over the water.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › UtilityUtility - Wikipedia

    In economics, utility is a measure of the satisfaction that a certain person has from a certain state of the world. Over time, the term has been used in at least two different meanings. In a normative context, utility refers to a goal or objective that we wish to maximize, i.e. an objective function.

  6. Marginal utility. If we look more closely at Axel's total utility we can observe how it changes as he consumes more ice cream. The change in a consumer's total utility when he consumes one additional unit is the marginal utility. Notice that Axel's marginal utility decreases as he consumes more ice cream.

  7. Marginal utility and total utility. When allocating a budget, we can use the concepts of marginal utility and marginal benefit to help us decide where our money is best spent. In general, we should allocate our budget towards items that will provide us with the highest marginal utility or marginal benefit.

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