We Have a Country, Fantasyland, Where the Current Per Capita

question 75

Essay

We have a country, Fantasyland, where the current per capita real income is 20,000 units of output, and the current average growth rate is 2.0 percent. What will be the difference in the standard of living twenty years from now if Fantasyland grows at a rate of 3.5 percent and we assume population is constant?

Describe the conditions under which an economy's production possibilities frontier is also its consumption possibilities frontier.

Calculate the opportunity cost of producing different goods.

Analyze the gains from trade between individuals or nations using the production possibilities frontier.

Understand the implications of trading at a constant opportunity cost.

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