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You have decided to specialize in gathering firewood while Friday has specialized in fishing. Your time allocation sliders are set to allocate all of your time to gathering firewood. Now, use the additional sliders to state how many logs you will trade to Friday and how many fish you want in return. You must select a trade that make both you and Friday better off than you were before specialization and trading. In other words, you must both receive more than 2000 calories of fish and 32 logs of firewood. Both you and Friday’s consumption point is displayed on the PPF graphs as you adjust the trade.

 
You have decided to specialize in gathering firewood while
Friday has specialized in fishing. Your time allocation
sliders are set to allocate all of your time to gathering
firewood. Now, use the additional sliders to state how
many logs you will trade to Friday and how many fish you
want in return. You must select a trade that make both
you and Friday better off than you were before
specialization and trading. In other words, you must both
receive more than 2000 calories of fish and 32 logs of
firewood. Both you and Friday's consumption point is
displayed on the PPF graphs as you adjust the trade.
Collect Wood: 12 hour
Collect Fish: 0 hour
Daytime Schedule
0 hour
Collect Wood
Collect Fish ● Idle
12 hour
Wood : 0 logs
Fish : 0 cals
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Transcribed Image Text:You have decided to specialize in gathering firewood while Friday has specialized in fishing. Your time allocation sliders are set to allocate all of your time to gathering firewood. Now, use the additional sliders to state how many logs you will trade to Friday and how many fish you want in return. You must select a trade that make both you and Friday better off than you were before specialization and trading. In other words, you must both receive more than 2000 calories of fish and 32 logs of firewood. Both you and Friday's consumption point is displayed on the PPF graphs as you adjust the trade. Collect Wood: 12 hour Collect Fish: 0 hour Daytime Schedule 0 hour Collect Wood Collect Fish ● Idle 12 hour Wood : 0 logs Fish : 0 cals
Fish (cals)
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
0
0
Trade
Terms of Trade
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Firewood (logs)
What are the rules of trading?
1 Wood (logs) for: 150 fish (cals)
How much do we trade?
Your PPF
Give wood (logs): 5
0
Receive fish (cals): 750
◆ Your PPF
200
50
Fish (cals)
8000
0
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
0
10 20
Consumption
Collect Wood: 91 logs
0
Collect Fish: 750 cals
Friday PPF
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
Firewood (logs)
◆ Friday's PPF
Start
96
6000
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Transcribed Image Text:Fish (cals) 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 0 0 Trade Terms of Trade 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Firewood (logs) What are the rules of trading? 1 Wood (logs) for: 150 fish (cals) How much do we trade? Your PPF Give wood (logs): 5 0 Receive fish (cals): 750 ◆ Your PPF 200 50 Fish (cals) 8000 0 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 0 10 20 Consumption Collect Wood: 91 logs 0 Collect Fish: 750 cals Friday PPF 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Firewood (logs) ◆ Friday's PPF Start 96 6000
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