1. In the United States where land is cheap, the ratio of land to labor used in...

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1. In the United States where land is cheap, the ratio of land to labor used in cattle raising is higher than that of land used in wheat growing. But in more crowded countries, where land is expensive and labor is cheap, it is common to raise cows by using less land and more labor than Americans use to grow wheat. Can we still say that raising cattle is land intensive compared with farming wheat? Why or why not?

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International Economics Theory And Policy

ISBN: 9780321116399

6th Edition

Authors: Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz

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