Capital Goods (thousands of units) Figure 2-3 PPF2 Consumer Goods (thousands of units) Refer to Figure 2-3. If the economy is operating at PPF1, a shift to PPF2 may depict a. a decrease in resources. Ob. a simultaneous decrease in both resources and technology. Oc economic growth. O d. a decrease in technology.

1. Consider a simple example economy where there are three companies. Gelato Inc. is an Italian company that produces ice cream; it is located in St. Louis but owned by an Italian chemist who sends from time to time secret formulas for new flavors. Milky Way is a milk producer in the St. Louis area. Finally, Sweetyou is a sugar producer, also located in St. Louis. In 2019, Gelato Inc. produced and sold to consumers $500 worth of ice cream, using $50 of sugar and $100 of milk. It also paid $150 in wages and $50 in taxes. Milky Way produced $200 worth of milk. It sold $100 to Gelato Inc. and $100 to the consumers. It paid $100 in wages, $20 in interests on a previous loan, and $30 in taxes. Sweetyou produced $200 worth of sugar, of which $50 was sold to Gelato Inc., $100 was exported to France, and the remaining was unsold. Sweetyou paid wages for $100 and $40 in taxes. The government in this St. Louis based economy provides public services for which it employs labor and basic income for…

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