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Economic problem Limited Income Unlimited Wants
Chapter 1, LO5 1©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.
©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. Chapter 1, LO5 2
[T1]Ed: Place Brazil ahead of Mexico [T2]Ed: Place Pakistan ahead of Nigeria
Country Per Capita Income, 2010 (U.S. dollars, based on
exchange rates)Switzerland 70,350 United States 47,140 Canada 41,950 France 42,390 Japan 42,150 South Korea 19,890 Brazil 9,390 Mexico 9,330 China 7,560 Pakistan 2,780 Nigeria 2,160 Rwanda 1,180 Liberia 330
LO4 1-3
A budget line Attainable and unattainable options Tradeoffs and opportunity costs Make the best choice possible
Change in income
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Scarce Resources Land Capital Human Resources Labour Entrepreneurial Ability
▪ takes initiative▪ makes policy decisions▪ innovates▪ bears risk
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Type of Product
Pizzas (in hundred thousands)
Industrial Robots (in thousands)
Production Alternatives
A B C D E
10 9 7 4 0
0 1 2 3 4
Plot the Points to Create the Graph…
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LO5
The law of increasing opportunity costs makes the PPC concave.
1-6
Pizzas
Indu
stria
l Rob
ots
Attainable
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1413121110 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Unattainable
A
B
C
D
E
U
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a
b
c
d
e
MB = MC
MC
MB
15
10
5
0
1 2 3Quantity of Pizza
Marg
inal B
en
efi
t &
Marg
inal
Cost
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U, represents unemployment or a failure to achieve productiveefficiency. The arrows indicate that, by realizing full employment andproductive efficiency, the economy could operate on the curve.
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Pizzas
Indu
stria
l Rob
ots
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1413121110 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
A
B
C
D
E
U
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