Question 1
(a) An economy is at the brink of running out of an important natural resource at a time when it is introducing improved technology. Explain how these events will affect the economy’s production possibility curve.
(b) Explain using a PPF why scarcity makes choices inevitable for the firms and how each choice has an opportunity cost?
(c) How are resources allocated in a market economy?
(d) What are the possible undesirable outcomes of a pure market economy?
(e) Explain the meaning of “public good” and “private good”. Can a free market provide a public good?
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