By James D Gwartney; Richard Stroup; A H Studenmund
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The labor force is composed of approximately 1 00,000,000 workers, each possessing various skills and job preferences. There are more than 14,000,000 business firms, which currently produce a vast array of products ranging from hairpins to jumbo jets. How can the actions of these economic participants be coordinated in a sensible manner? How do producers know how much of each good to produce? What keeps them from producing too many ballpoint pens and too few bicycles with reflector lights? Who directs each labor force participant to the job that best fits his or her skills and preferences?
After finalizing their agreement, Carl and Sam were able to produce, in I I months, what otherwise would have taken them the entire year to do. If they had wanted to work all I 2 months, they could have even expanded their annual output. 28 Law of comparative advantage: A principle which states that indi viduals, firms, regions, or nations can gain by specializing in the production of goods that they produce cheaply (that is, at a low opportunity cost) and exchanging them for other desired goods for which they are high opportunity cost producers.
Given his personal tastes, he will choose the best alternative that his limited income will permit. Prices influence consumer decisions. An increase in the price of a good will increase the consumer's opportunity cost of consuming it. More of other things must now be given up if the consumer chooses the higher-priced commodity. According to the basic postulate of economics, an increase in the cost of an alternative will reduce the likelihood that it willbe chosen. This basic postulate implies that higher prices willdiscourage consumption.
