Illustrate consumer and producer surpluses with demand and supply diagrams and explain how to maximize the total surplus (consumer surplus + producer surplus) at the equilibrium level.

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Illustrate consumer and producer surpluses with demand and supply
diagrams and explain how to maximize the total surplus (consumer
surplus + producer surplus) at the equilibrium level.

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