Production Possibilities
Develop the production possibilities frontier model.
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Choices Are Everywhere: Why Can't We Just Have It All?
OVERVIEW
This reading assignment discusses opportunity costs and scarcity and how they affect our spending decisions. Every day, governments and individuals choose how much money to spend and what to purchase. Print the article.
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