Refer to the Information Provided in Scenario 4 Below to Answer

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Essay

Refer to the information provided in Scenario 4 below to answer the questions that follow.
SCENARIO 4: Suppose that a state needs to build both prisons and schools with a budget limited to 10 million dollars. Schools cost $1 million each to build and prisons cost $2 million each to build.
-Refer to Scenario 4. Assume that the price of prison production falls to $1.5 million each. Draw the new production possibilities frontier. In addition, what is the new opportunity cost of producing one more prison?

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Definitions:

General Welfare

The overall health, prosperity, and contentment of a community or nation, often considered a government's primary goal.

Private Producers

Individuals or companies that produce goods or services in an economy that are not owned by the state.

Taxpayer

An individual or entity that is obligated to make payments to a governmental authority, usually in the form of taxes on income, property, or purchases.

Invisible Hand

A metaphor used by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating nature of the market, where individual self-interest promotes societal benefit.