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marginal cost
marginal costs and benefits
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marginal propensity to consume
marginal propensity to save
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marginal social cost

mar·gin·al so·cial cost (plural mar·gin·al so·cial costs)


noun 
Definition:
 
economics cost to society from extra unit produced: the additional cost incurred not by the producer but by the general public through the production of a single extra unit, e.g. in the form of pollution

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