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4.18: Video- Society’s Production Possibilities Curve

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    Now that you understand the choices made by a single individual, we’ll take a look at the production possibilities for a society.

    Thumbnail for the embedded element "Episode 9: Society's PPC"

    A YouTube element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view it online here: http://pb.libretexts.org/micro/?p=86

    To help you practice graphing, the data table used in the video is shown below.

    Military Civilian
    A) 5,000 0
    B) 4,800 1,000
    C) 4,500 2,000
    D) 4,000 3,000
    E) 3,300 4,000
    F) 2,000 5,000
    G) 0 6,000

     

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