Diego's company was bidding on the construction of a new penguin display at a zoo. When putting together his bid, Diego began by determining what the zoo would be willing to pay for the structure, and then subtracting a reasonable profit for the company. The result would be the cost of production. For example: If price to zoo = $8 million, and company profit margin = $3 million, the cost to produce cannot exceed $5 million. [$8 million – $3 million = $5 million.] The demand-based pricing strategy in this example is called

Suppose that a worker in caninia can produce either 2 blankets or 8 meals per day, and a worker in felinia can produce either 5 blankets or 1 meal per day. each nation has 10 workers. for many years, the two countries traded, each completely specializing according to their respective comparative advantages. now war has broken out between them and all trade has stopped. without trade, caninia produces and consumes 10 blankets and 40 meals per day and felinia produces and consumes 25 blankets and 5 meals per day. the war has caused the combined daily output of the two countries to decline by

Producers can create their maximum combination of goods, s long as what?

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.