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Production Possibility Production Possibility Chapter 2-1
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IntroductionIntroduction
Every decision has an opportunity cost – the cost in foregone opportunities.
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IntroductionIntroduction
A production possibility curve is used to illustrate opportunity cost.
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The Production Possibilities The Production Possibilities ModelModel
The production possibilities curve shows the trade-offs among choices we make.
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The Production Possibility The Production Possibility TableTable
A production possibility table lists a choice's opportunity costs by summarizing what alternative outputs you can achieve with your inputs.
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The Production Possibility The Production Possibility TableTable
Output – an output is simply a result of an activity.
Input – an input is what you what you put into a production process to achieve an output.
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The Production Possibility The Production Possibility Curve for an IndividualCurve for an Individual
A production possibility curve measures the maximum combination of outputs that can be achieved from a given number of inputs.
It slopes downward from left to right.
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The Production Possibility The Production Possibility Curve for an IndividualCurve for an Individual
The production possibility curve not only represents the opportunity cost concept, it also measures the opportunity cost.
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The Production Possibility The Production Possibility Curve for an IndividualCurve for an Individual
The production possibility curve demonstrates that:
There is a limit to what you can achieve, given the existing institutions, resources, and technology.
Every choice made has an opportunity cost—you can get more of something only by giving up something else.
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A Production Possibility A Production Possibility Curve for a SocietyCurve for a Society
The production possibility curve is generally bowed outward.Some resources are better suited for the
production of some goods than others.
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A Production Possibility A Production Possibility Curve for a SocietyCurve for a Society
Y
1098
6543210
.2Y
1X
A
X1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
If the slope of the production curve is -2 at A, the
opportunity cost of 1X is 2Y.
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A Production Possibility A Production Possibility Curve for a SocietyCurve for a Society
Comparative advantage explains why opportunity costs increase as the consumption of a good increases.Some resources are better suited for the
production of some goods than to the production of other goods.
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Increasing Opportunity CostIncreasing Opportunity Cost
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A Production Possibilities A Production Possibilities Table and CurveTable and Curve
% of resources devoted toproduction of guns
Number of guns
% of resources devoted toproduction of butter
Pounds of butter Row
0 20 40 60 80
100
0 4 7 9 11 12
100 80 60 40 20 0
15 14 12 9 5 0
A B C D E F
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A Production Possibilities A Production Possibilities Table and CurveTable and Curve
AB
utte
r
Guns4 7 90
1 gun
5 pounds of butter
5
9
15
3 guns
2 pounds of butter
B
C
D
E
F
14
12
4 guns
1 pound of butter
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Why is the production possibility curve is not a straight line?
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Increasing Marginal Increasing Marginal Opportunity CostOpportunity Cost
The principle of increasing marginal opportunity cost states that opportunity costs increase the more you concentrate on an activity.
In order to get more of something, one must give up ever-increasing quantities of something else.
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EfficiencyEfficiency
In production, we’d like to have productive efficiency – achieving as much output as possible from a given amount of inputs or resources.
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EfficiencyEfficiency
Efficiency involves achieving a goal as cheaply as possible.
Efficiency has meaning only in relation to a specified goal.
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EfficiencyEfficiency
Any point within the production possibility curve represents inefficiency.
Inefficiency – getting less output from inputs which, if devoted to some other activity, would produce more output.
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EfficiencyEfficiency
Any point outside the production possibility curve represents something unattainable, given present resources and technology.
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Efficiency and InefficiencyEfficiency and InefficiencyG
uns
10
8
6
4
2
0 2 4 6 8 10
Butter
C D
A
B
Efficientpoints
Inefficientpoint
Unattainable point, given available technology, resources and labor force
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Tom’s Trade-offs: The Tom’s Trade-offs: The Production Possibility Production Possibility
FrontierFrontier
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Can we produce outside the production possibility curve?Can we have more?
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Shifts in the Production Shifts in the Production Possibility CurvePossibility Curve
Society can produce more output if:Technology is improved.More resources are discovered.Economic institutions get better at
fulfilling our wants.
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Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
Economic growth results in an outward shift of the PPF because production possibilities are expanded.
The economy can now produce more of everything.
Production is initially at point A (20 fish and 25 coconuts), it can move to point E (25 fish and 30 coconuts).
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Shifts in the Production Shifts in the Production Possibility CurvePossibility Curve
More output is represented by an outward shift in the production possibility curve.
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Neutral Technological Change
Butter
A
B Guns0
Shifts in the Production Shifts in the Production Possibility CurvePossibility Curve
C
D
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Biased Technological Change
Shifts in the Production Shifts in the Production Possibility CurvePossibility Curve
0
B
A
Butter
Guns
C
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Distribution and Production Distribution and Production EfficiencyEfficiency
The production possibilities curve focuses on productive efficiency and ignores distribution.
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Distribution and Production Distribution and Production EfficiencyEfficiency
In our society, more is generally preferred to less and many policies have relatively small distributional effects.
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Examples of Shifts in the Examples of Shifts in the Production Possibility CurveProduction Possibility Curve
Test your understanding:A meteor hits the world and destroys half
the earth’s natural resources.Nanotechnology is perfected that lowers
the cost of manufactured goods.
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Examples of Shifts in the Examples of Shifts in the Production Possibility CurveProduction Possibility Curve
Test your understanding:
A new technology is discovered that doubles the speed at which all goods can be produced.
Global warming increases the cost of producing agricultural goods.