Production Possibilities Curve as a model of a country's economy발음듣기
Production Possibilities Curve as a model of a country's economy
[Instructor] Let's say that we have some country, let's call it Utenslandia, that can only produce one of two goods or some combination of them.발음듣기
And so this axis is the quantity forks this axis is the quantity of spoons and let's say that if it puts all of its energy into forks, well it would produce that many forks and no spoons。발음듣기
And but then if tried to focus some of its energy, some of its resources on spoons well then it would produce fewer forks.발음듣기
And then the more spoons it produces it will produce fewer and fewer forks all the way to the point that if it only focused on spoons well it could produce that many but then it would produce no forks.발음듣기
What this curve is, and we touched on it on other videos, this is the production possibilities curve for our country of Utenslandia that makes utensils and obviously, most countries are much more complex they don't only produce some combination of two things but this helps us, this is a nice model for understanding what countries might be capable of.발음듣기
Now one way to understand this production possibilities curve is it shows what can be efficiently produced by this country.발음듣기
If it efficiently utilized all of its resources then it will produce some combination of forks and spoons that sit on the production possibilities curve.발음듣기
So this point right over here this combination of spoons which would be that many spoons and that many forks this combination over here, this would be efficient.발음듣기
And we're talking about resources we're talking about land, we're talking about maybe its factories, we're talking about the materials it has, maybe its labor well on that situation.발음듣기
Let's say it was operating efficiently here but then the recession happens and so it then it operates right over here.발음듣기
Let's call this point right over here z this would be an inefficient use of its resources sitting behind the production possibilities curve.발음듣기
And so one question you might have is well what about points that are beyond the production possibilities curve like point, let's just call that point a right over there.발음듣기
Well, unless you have more inputs unless you have more land, more capital more labor, if you don't change the resources here this is actually going to be an unattainable point for Utenslandia.발음듣기
So that's my fork axis, that's the quantity of forks that Utenslandia will produce in the year.발음듣기
Another way of thinking about it is it's showing the trade off between producing forks and spoons.발음듣기
You can actually think about what is the opportunity cost of producing an incremental spoon in terms of forks.발음듣기
You don't have an infinite amount of metal to produce things with, an infinite amount of labor an infinite amount of factories.발음듣기
But let's say Utenslandia, they are able to get some more land on which to build factories maybe they build some more factories so capital goes up, maybe some people migrate to Utenslandia.발음듣기
So in that situation, you would have growth and your production possibilities curve would actually shift outward.발음듣기
So here, we are showing let me make it a little bit we are showing a situation right over here this is still a production possibilities curve but we're showing what happens when you have growth.발음듣기
Capital could be things like factories it could be machinery you could have people, more people are able to help produce the spoons or forks.발음듣기
Sometimes people will even talk about entrepreneurial spirit that people are able to figure out better ways of combining these resources so that you could produce more spoons or forks.발음듣기
And Platelandia sends their bombers in and starts destroying some of the factories of Utenslandia and so what will happen in that situation?발음듣기
But now, because of the war, maybe Platelandia is able to take some land from Utenslandia maybe it's able to destroy some of the factories and other forms of capital maybe people flee Utenslandia so there's less labor.발음듣기
And maybe for whatever reason they can support less technology or they forget how to use some of their technology 'cause the war is so long and protracted.발음듣기
And contraction, I could depict it let me shift my PPC, my production possibilities curve inward just like this.발음듣기
It shows what can a, what is the potential combination of, in this case, goods that this nation can produce and if you're sitting on the curve it shows that that nation, that country is efficiently using its resources.발음듣기
And if you're on the right of the curve or beyond the curve, well that's a situation where if you don't change the inputs all else equal, this would actually be unattainable.발음듣기
The way that you actually do attain, get to points beyond the curve, is by shifting the curve itself.발음듣기
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