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Learning Objectives:
The Economic Problem
LO4: Understand why trade results in economies being more productive
LO5: Explain the three fundamental questions and the four ways economies can be organized
LO6: Use the production possibilities model to explain choice, opportunity cost, efficiency, and unemployment
CHAPTER 1
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Production Possibilities Model
Production Possibilities Curve: – A graphical representation of the various
combinations of maximum output that can be produced from the available resources and technology
– Assumptions: • Full employment
• Use of the best technology available
• Productive efficiency
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LO6
Production Possibilities Model
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LO6
Figure 1.1
Unattainable
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Wheat
Cars
Attainable
2019
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17
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10 2418 3028
LO6
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- points on the curve represent maximum output possible with available resources
Production Possibilities Model
Scarcity – Represented by points outside the curve
Choice – Represented by points on the curve (efficient) and
points within the curve (inefficient)
Opportunity Cost – Represented by the downward slope of the curve
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LO6
Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs
– Factors of production are not equally suitable
– As output increases, the per unit costs of additional units increases
– Gives the production possibilities curve its bowed out shape
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LO6
Figure 1.2
aWheat
Cars
2019
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17
13
f
10 2418 3028
+8-2b
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+6-4
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Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs
LO6
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- as more cars are produced, an increasing amount of wheat must be given up
Self-Test 5• If society produces 1000 units of butter, how many guns
can it produce?• If society is at “b” on the PPC, what is the cost of 1000
more units of butter?
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Quantity of butter per period
400
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1000 2000 3000
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• Is opportunity cost greater for move from “c” to “d” compared to a move from “b” to “c”?
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LO6
PPC and Economic Growth
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LO6
Growth means the economy is able to produce more of everything
PPC and Technological Change
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- Improvement in technology shifts curve to PP2- can produce more of either good, or more of both
Self-Test 6
a. Draw a PPC1 with tools on the horizontal axis
Now, assume new technology that can be used only in the tool industry is developed, which increases tool output by 50%.
b. Draw a new PPC2 that reflects this new technology
c. If Finhorn produced 12 units of tools per year, how many units of grain could be produced after the introduction of the new technology
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LO6
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