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Figure 2 The Production Possibilities Frontier Production possibilities frontier A B C Quantity of cars produced 2, , ,000 3,000 1,000 Quantity of computers produced D Copyright © 2011 Cengage Learning

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Copyright © 2011 Cengage Learning

22Thinking Like an Economist

Figure 1 The Circular Flow

Spending

Goods andservicesbought

Revenue

Goodsand servicessold

Labour, land,and capital

Income

= Flow of inputs and outputs

= Flow of euros

Factors ofproduction

Wages, rent,and profit

FIRMS•Produce and sellgoods and services

•Hire and use factorsof production

•Buy and consumegoods and services

•Own and sell factorsof production

HOUSEHOLDS

•Households sell•Firms buy

MARKETSFOR

FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

•Firms sell•Households buy

MARKETSFOR

GOODS AND SERVICES

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Figure 2 The Production Possibilities Frontier

Productionpossibilitiesfrontier

A

B

C

Quantity ofcars produced

2,200

600

1,000

3000 700

2,000

3,000

1,000

Quantity ofcomputers

produced

D

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Figure 3 A Shift in the Production Possibilities Frontier

E

Quantity ofcars produced

2,000

700

2,100

7500

4,000

3,000

1,000

Quantity ofcomputers

produced

A

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Table 1 Websites

Table 2 Ten Propositions about Which Most Economists Agree

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Table 3 What Economists Know

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Figure 2A.1 Types of Graph

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Figure 2A.2 Using the Coordinate System

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Table 2 Ten Propositions about Which Most Economists AgreeTable 2A.1 Novels Purchased by Pascale

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Figure 2A.3 Demand Curve

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Figure 2A.4 Shifting Demand Curves

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Figure 2A.5 Calculating the Slope of a Line

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Figure 2A.6 Graph With an Omitted Variable

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Figure 2A.7 Graph Suggesting Reverse Causality

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