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If you are the owner of a firm, do you like competition?  No, not when other firms are competing against you, because that competition will cause you to lower your prices and lose profit.  But you do want want perfect competition among your suppliers, because that will help keep your costs lower.
 
If you are the owner of a firm, do you like competition?  No, not when other firms are competing against you, because that competition will cause you to lower your prices and lose profit.  But you do want want perfect competition among your suppliers, because that will help keep your costs lower.
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'''''Exam tip''''': On a typical Economics exam, "perfect competition" or "perfectly competitive" will be in nearly 20% of the questions.  When you see that in a question, it means that prices are at their lowest possible point.  The competition causes everyone to lower their prices down to their minimum.  Profits are zero.  If the labor market is perfectly competitive, then everyone is making the lowest possible wage.  These is no excess or surplus or "fat" in a perfectly competitive market.
    
== Example of Perfect Competition: Sports ==
 
== Example of Perfect Competition: Sports ==
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