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= Solution

The marginal utility price is
$$
\pi_0(Y)=\frac{E[U'(X_0)Y]}{(1+r)E[U'(X_0)]}.
$$
The value <function> is concave; its tangent at zero lies above its graph. Evaluating that supporting inequality at the utility-indifference displacement $Y-(1+r)\pi(Y)$ gives
$E[U'(X_0)(Y-(1+r)\pi(Y))]\ge0$, hence $\pi_0(Y)\ge\pi(Y)$.

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