3.2* Suppose you are a farmer whose land produces 50 units of food this year and is...
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3.2* Suppose you are a farmer whose land produces 50 units of food this year and is expected to produce another 50 units of food next year. Assume that there is no one else in the world to trade with.
A. On a graph with food consumption this year on the horizontal axis and food consumption next year on the vertical, indicate your choice set assuming there is no way for you to store food that you harvest this year for future consumption.
a. Now suppose that you have a barn in which you can store food. However, over the course of a year, half the food that you store spoils. How does this change your choice set?
b. Now suppose that, in addition to the food units you harvest off your land, you also own a cow. You could slaughter the cow this year and eat it for 50 units of food. Or you could let it graze for another
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Intermediate Microeconomics: An Intuitive Approach With Calculus
ISBN: 116465
1st Edition
Authors: Thomas Nechyba