Discrepancies of quantity occur because:
A) some consumers have more money than others.
B) individual producers tend to specialize while individual consumers want a broad assortment of products.
C) consumers demand more product variety than producers can make.
D) to obtain economies of scale, individual producers often make larger quantities of products than individual consumers normally want to buy.
E) there are many more consumers than producers.

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Discrepancies of quantity occur because individual producers often make larger quantities of products than individual consumers normally want to buy in order to obtain economies of scale. This leads to a surplus of goods that must be stored or sold to other consumers or markets.

Discrepancies of Quantity Occur Because