At a Very Basic Level,food and Shelter Constitute the Two

question 164

Essay

At a very basic level,food and shelter constitute the two most important goods needed to sustain human life.Accordingly,assume that a poor person must allocate his income solely between food and shelter.
a.Show that if shelter is an inferior good,food must be a normal good.
b.If food is a normal good,is shelter necessarily an inferior good?
Explain,and show your answer graphically.

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