Illustrates production choices Assumptions: Full employment Fixed resources Fixed technology Two goods ©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. Chapter 1, LO61
LO5 Type of Product Pizzas (in hundred thousands) Industrial Robots (in thousands) Production Alternatives ABCDE Plot the Points to Create the Graph… 1-2 ©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. Chapter 1, LO62
LO5 The law of increasing opportunity costs makes the PPC concave. 1-3 Pizzas Industrial Robots Attainable Unattainable A B C D E U ©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.Chapter 1, LO63
LO5 a b c d e MB = MC MC MB Quantity of Pizza Marginal Benefit & Marginal Cost 1-4 ©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. Chapter 1, LO64
Type of Product Pizzas (in hundred thousands) Industrial Robots (in thousands) Production Alternatives A'B'C'D'E' LO6 1-5 ©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.Chapter 1, LO75
LO6 Pizzas Industrial Robots Attainable Unattainable A B C D E Economic Growth Now Attainable A’ B’ C’ D’ E’ 1-6 ©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. Chapter 1, LO76
LO6 Goods for the Present Goods for the Future Goods for the Present P F Current Curve Current Curve Future Curve Future Curve Presentville Futureville 1-7 ©2013 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. Chapter 1, LO77