Macroeconomics: Principles for a Changing World
Macroeconomics: Principles for a Changing World
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781464186929
Author: Eric Chiang
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Explain the situation that economy can increase the production of one good without reducing the production of another output.

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An economy has the capacity to increase the production of one good without making any reduction in the quantity of another output. It is possible when the economy has more unemployed resources and ability to operate the production within the production possibility frontier (PPF). All these help the economy to effortlessly increase the production of one good without reducing the production of another output.

Economics Concept Introduction

Production possibility frontier (PPF): PPF shows all the combinations of goods and services that can be produced with the available resources.

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