Introduction Part 2
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Introduction Part 2
Production Possibilities
Positive vs Normative Statements
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Production Possibilities
• The maximum amount of two products that can be produced using all available resources efficiently.
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Production Possibilities
• The maximum amount of two products that can be produced using all available resources efficiently.
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Production-Possibilities Curve
• By plotting all the points onto a graph and connecting the points we create a line called the production-possibilities curve.
• The curve shows all the possible combinations of corn and spears that can be produced
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Production-Possibilities Curve
Point G:
Inefficient
Point F:
Unattainable
Points A – E:
Efficient
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Movement in the PPC
• Technological Advance
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Movement in the PPC
• Economic growth
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Production-Possibilities Curve
• Opportunity Cost• To produce more spears, a certain
amount of corn has to be sacrificed.• Opportunity cost of x spears = amount
of corn to be “sacrificed”
• The opportunity cost can be found by finding the slope of the line.
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Production-Possibilities Schedule
1 Production Alternatives or
Possibilities
2 Butter
(in hundreds of kg)
3 Plows 4
Opportunity Cost of each plow (that is, the
hundreds of kg of butter given up for
each plow)
A 0 15
B 1 14
C 2 12
D 3 9
E 4 5
F 5 0
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Positive vs Normative Statements
• Positive statements are statements that describe the world as it is.
– Called descriptive analysis
• Normative statements express a judgment about whether a situation is desirable or undesirable.
– Called prescriptive analysis
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Positive or Normative?
• "The moon is made of green cheese"
• "The world would be a better place if the moon were made of green cheese"