Perfect Competition: The Theoretical Ideal

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Wheat carries the whole deck, a $7 a bushel market price next to one farm's horizontal demand curve at that same $7, the signature of a price taker. A price chart running from $3.89 in 2016 up to $8.83 in 2022 makes the case before unrestricted entry and exit drive profit toward zero.

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