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Production Possibility Curve Simulator

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Choose a pair of goods or industries, then use the sliders to test whether a combination is efficient, inefficient, or currently unobtainable — and see how economic growth, economic development, and industry-specific shocks shift the curve — for Cambridge International AS Economics and NCEA Level 2 Economics.

Production Possibility Curve

Capital Goods vs Consumer Goods
0 30 60 90 120 150 0 30 60 90 120 150 Capital Goods Consumer Goods

Choose a Combination

Your Combination

Status Efficient
Capital Goods 70 units
Consumer Goods 71 units
Max Capital Goods 100 units
Max Consumer Goods 100 units

This combination lies exactly on the curve — every resource is fully and efficiently employed, and more of one good can only be produced by giving up some of the other.

A, B, C: Efficient (on the curve)
X, Y: Inefficient (inside)
Z: Unobtainable (outside)

Production Possibility Curve Simulator — Key Terms

Key concepts and translations across English, te reo Māori, Simplified Chinese (中文) and Korean (한국어).

EnglishTe reo Māori中文（简体）한국어What it means on this page

On the te reo Māori column. Terms marked as gaps have no attested equivalent in the sources checked — Karaitiana Taiuru's Dictionary of Māori Computer and Social Media Terms, Paekupu, the Reserve Bank's te reo financial glossary and Te Aka. No coinage is printed as though it were established; where a class needs one, commission it from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and credit the translator. Te reo Māori is not italicised and takes no plural "s".