The Production Possibility Curve

Definition of Production Possibility Curve (PPC):

The PPC can be used to define scarcity. This curve shows the maximum amount of two goods and the combinations of the two goods that an economy can produce by using all its resources and given the state of the technology.

Points of the PPC

Opportunity cost and the PPC

(i) Rising Opportunity Cost

(ii) Straight-Line Opportunity Cost

(iii) Decreasing Opportunity Cost

Shift in PPC

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