INEFFICIENCY: When the economy is NOT obtaining the highest level of consumer satisfaction from the available resources. Inefficiency occurs if it is possible to reallocate resources in a way that would generate greater satisfaction.

     See also | efficiency | satisfaction | resources | scarcity | opportunity cost | market failures | market control | public good | externalities | information | good types | public choice | bureaucracy | principal-agent problem | special interest group | rational abstention | government functions | fourth rule of competition | fifth rule of imperfection | sixth rule of ignorance |