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Economic efficiency is, roughly speaking, a situation in which nothing can be improved without something else being hurt. Depending on the context, it is usually one of the following two related concepts: 1  Allocative or Pareto efficiency: any changes made to assist one person would harm another.
Efficiency and equity are the two microeconomic goals most relevant to markets, industries, and parts of the economy, and are thus important to the study of microeconomics. 1  Efficiency: Efficiency is achieved when society is able to get the greatest amount of satisfaction from available resources.