Chapter 2: Q 2 (page 43)
Could the U.S. Navy expand its production of both ships and weapons after switching from missiles to rail-gun weapons? Explain your reasoning.
The production of both projectile-gun and ships can be increased by technology.
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After the concert discussed in Problems, 2-3 is over and you and your friend are traveling home, you discuss how each of you might otherwise have used the four hours devoted to attending the concert. The four hours could have been used to study, watch a sporting event on TV, or get some extra sleep. Your friend decides that if she had not spent four hours attending the concert, she would have chosen to study, and you reply that you otherwise would have watched the televised sporting event. Identify the relevant opportunity costs for you and your friend for allocating your four hours to attending the concert. Explain briefly.
Why might the production possibilities curve relating the number of electronic-gadget-accessory boxes at passenger seats to the quantity of seats on a plane be bowed? Explain your reasoning.
If the U.N. follows through on a proposal to add production targets for 148 more items to its Sustainable Development Goals, why might we expect that the opportunity cost in terms of other goods and services that must be forgone could be even greater? Explain briefly.
Country A and country B produce the same consumption goods and capital goods and currently have identical production possibilities curves. They also have the same resources at present, and they have access to the same technology.
a. At present, does either country have a comparative advantage in producing capital goods? Consumption goods?
b. Currently, country A has chosen to produce more consumption goods, compared with country B. Other things being equal, which country will experience the larger outward shift of its PPC during the next year?
What must be true of the trade-off perceived by people who have multiple sex partners?
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