Answer:
a. For each country, graph the production possibilities frontier. Suppose that without trade the workers in each country spend half their time producing each good. Identify this point in your graphs.
b. Who has the comparative advantage in the production of shirts? What about for computers?
- China has the comparative advantage in the production of shirts, while the US has the comparative advantage in the production of computers.
c. If these countries were open to trade, which country would export shirts? Give a specific numerical example and show it on your graphs. Which country would benefit from trade?
- China would export 50 million shirts in exchange for 5 million computers (or more if they can). Trade would benefit the US since it will only need to trade 5 million computers in exchange for 50 million shirts, and it will still have 15 million computers that it can consume or trade with come other country.
d. Explain at what price of computers (in terms of shirts) the two countries might trade.
- the minimum and maximum prices would be 5 to 10 shirts per computer. If the price of shirts per computer is 10 or near 10, then the US wins more. If the price of shirts per computer is 5 or near 5, then China wins more.
Explanation:
opportunity cost of producing 1 shirt in the US = 20/100 = 0.2 computers
opportunity cost of producing 1 computer in the US = 100/20 = 5 shirts
opportunity cost of producing 1 shirt in China = 10/100 = 0.1 computers
opportunity cost of producing 1 computer in China = 100/10 = 10 shirts
without trade:
- total production of shirts in the US = 50 million
- total production of computer in the US = 10 million
- total production of shirts in China = 50 million
- total production of computer in China = 5 million
with trade:
- total production of computers in the US = 20 million
- total production of shirts in China = 100 million
Answer:
A is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Inflation causes an arbitrary redistribution of wealth and income. Unexpected inflation is responsible for it. The redistribution of income is caused because the wages and salaries increase rapidly the prices. and other wages and salaries slowly than the price level. The increase in the prices of some assets more rapidly than the price level while the asset prices increase slower than the price level causes the redistribution.
Answer: Price of bricks will increase and quantity will increase.
Explanation: Since Stone and bricks are substitutes to each other, a rise in the price of stone due to the new regulation will lead to a rise in the demand for bricks. Since bricks are now relatively cheaper as compared to stones after the price rise, people will use more bricks than stones. This will shift the demand for bricks to the right driving upwards the price for bricks and also increase the quantity of bricks being sold in the market.
I guess the correct answer is price discrimination, Robinson-Patman Act
As a result of Hurricane Charley, the Green Mountain Lumber Co. decides to charge all Home Depots in Florida $25 per sheet of plywood while all Home Depots outside of Florida pay only $10 per sheet of plywood. The Green Mountain Lumber Co. can be charged with price discrimination, which is illegal under the Robinson-Patman Act.
Price discrimination is the act of charging different consumers different prices for the same product.
The Robinson-Patman Act (1936) makes it unlawful to practice price discrimination, where the effect may substantially lessen competition or help to create a monopoly
This should NOT be considered when setting a current budget
Future income
Explanation:
Future income can be anticipated but never factored in.
This is because the economy is not only controlled by economic policy or statistics that anticipate growth but outside influences too.
For example, despite the productive growth in the recent time there will be decrease in incomes throughout the world this year.
This is because of the recent crisis that was not foreseen at all.
Thus policy making must not see the future as anything granted and must only set up goals for the present and only anticipate what would probably come in the future.
