"Allocative efficiency in the production of cherries means that consumers can eat all of the cherries they desire." Is this statement true or false? Explain your answer

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Allocative efficiency means that we are producing the goods and services society values most highly. It does not mean that consumers can afford all of the cherries that they desire. The allocatively efficient quantity of cherries is the level of production such that the marginal benefit of a pound of cherries equals the marginal cost of a pound of cherries. The marginal cost of any product will be positive, so the marginal cost of a pound of cherries at the allocatively efficient quantity will be positive. Hence for the allocatively efficient quantity of cherries, the marginal benefit of cherries also must be positive. In order for consumers to have all the cherries they desire, the marginal benefit of a pound of cherries must be zero. (If the marginal benefit is positive, consumers desire more cherries.) Therefore the allocatively efficient quantity of cherries is not the quantity at which consumers are able to eat all they desire.