"Prices coordinate the decisions of producers and consumers in a market. Higher prices tend to reduce consumer purchases and encourage production. Lower prices encourage consumption and discourage production. Prices are the balance wheel of the market mechanism."
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Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus, Economics (19th ed., 2009), Chap. 2 : The Modern Mixed Economy
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