Eggs are sold in a perfectly competitive market. No persons other than the buyers and sellers of eggs are affected in any way when eggs are traded in the market. Then it follows that:

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In a perfectly competitive market with no externalities, the price of eggs equals both the marginal social cost and the marginal social benefit, as the market equilibrium reflects the intersection of supply (cost) and demand (benefit).

Eggs Are Sold in a Perfectly Competitive Market