Log in or register. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Log in to favorite pages Share page Print page. The Patrons of Husbandry, or the Grange, was founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.
Average Cost pricing: One possibility is that the government regulator might want to allow the firm to charge a slightly higher price, but make zero economic profit. This is accomplished when P = AC, an approach that is called Average Cost pricing.
Average total cost. Average total cost (ATC) is also called average cost or unit cost. Average total costs are a key cost in the theory of the firm because they indicate how efficiently scarce resources are being used. Average variable costs are found by dividing total fixed variable costs by output.