Question

According to the PPC, as we produce more military goods and our resources remain constant, what will happen to the production of consumer goods?

Answer 1

Answer:

Production of consumer goods will be reduced

Explanation:

A Production possibility curve depicts all the possibilities of production of two goods in an economy wherein to produce an extra unit of one good, some part of production of second good needs to be sacrificed.

If an economy produces only two kinds of goods such as military goods and consumer goods, extra production of any of the two would require a corresponding sacrifice of the other. This points towards opportunity cost.

A typical production possibility curve is concave to the origin depicting opportunity cost.

If an economy decides to produce more of military goods with available resources remaining constant, it can only be achieved by sacrificing on the production of consumer goods.

Thus, production of consumer goods will reduce if more military goods are produced.