Economics HS Social Studies Unit 01 Lesson: 01 Interpreting a Production Possibilities Curve Curve 1 Curve 2 I5 20 25 GUNS (S billions) 1. At which point on the curve is this nation likely to be at war? 2. How many bilions of dollars are being spent on domestic goods at this point? On military goods? 3. At which point on the curve is this nation likely to be at peace, but still militarily prepared? 4. At this point, what is the amount of reduction in military spending from the point identified in question 1? 5. At which point is this nation in an apparent recession, underutilizing its resources? 6. What is the recessionary gap in terms of "butter"? What is the recessionary gap in terms of "guns"? 7. Curve 2 represents a decrease in production possibilities. Identify two possible reasons for the leftward shift in the PPC. b. c2010, TESCCC 07/01/10 page 24 of 26 BUTTER (S billions) * R R n

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Complete the following table by indicating whether each point represents output combinations that are inefficient, efficient, attainable, or not attainable. Check all that apply. Inefficient Efficient Attainable Not attainable Point A B E F O O (O

Food (Comparative Advantage) The consumption possibilities frontiers shown by the blue lines in the following exhibit assume terms of trade of 1 unit of clothing for 1 unit of food. What would the consumption possibilities frontiers look like if the terms of trade were 1 unit of clothing for 2 units of food? Production (and Consumption) Possibility Frontiers with Trade (Millions of Units Per Day) (a) United States (b) Izodia 600 500- 400 600 500 U 400 300 200 U 100 Food 300 200 100 13 0 100 200 300 400 Clothing 0 100 200 300 400 Clothing

50D- 50D- If the price of 1 tonne of wheat was 20 apples, who would benefit from trade? If the price was 1 tonne of wheat for 40 apples, who would benefit from trade?

6. In the country Gamma, it takes 6 hours to produce 1 automobile and 1 hour to produce a bale of cotton. In the country Delta, it takes 4 hours to produce 1 automobile and 1 hour to produce a bale of cotton. Which country should specialize in automobiles and which should specialize in cotton? Neither Delta nor Gamma should specialize in automobiles or cotton. Delta should specialize in automobiles and cotton. Delta should specialize in automobiles, and Gamma should specialize in cotton. Gamma should specialize in automobiles and cotton. Gamma should specialize in automobiles, and Delta should specialize in cotton.

1. James and Lisa can grow the following units of produce in a period of time: Tomatoes 180 150 James Lisa Peppers 45 50 a. Explain who has absolute advantage in producing each good. b. Calculate the opportunity cost for each producer and each good. c. Explain who has comparative advantage in producing each good.

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8. Problems and Applications Q8 Suppose that in a year an American worker can produce 100 shirts or 20 computers and a Chinese worker can produce 100 shirts or 10 computers. There are 1 million workers in each country. Use the blue line (circle symbol) to graph the production possibilities frontier (PPF) for the United States, and use the green line (triangle symbol) to graph the production possibilities frontier for China. Quantity of Computers (Millions) 30 27 24 21 is 18 15 12 9 6 3 0 0 10 20 30 50 60 70 Quantity of Shirts (Millions) 40 90 100 If these countries were open to trade, trade. U.S. PPF China PPF + Suppose that without trade the workers in each country spend half their time producing each good. U.S. without Trade Use the black point (plus symbol) to indicate this production and consumption point for the United States, and use the grey point (star symbol) to indicate this production and consumption point for China. True or False: There are no longer gains from trade. China…