Question

An economy can produce either guns or butter with all available resources. Suppose it currently produces all butter and it chooses to produce some guns, thereby giving up some production of butter. As a result, the first 200 units of guns are produced at the cost of only 50 units of butter. Not surprisingly, the next 200 units of guns are produced at the cost of 150 units of butter and the last 200 units of guns at the cost of 300 units of butter. What does this describe?

Answer 1

Answer: The law of increasing opportunity costs

Step-by-step explanation:

The scenario given describes the law of increasing opportunity costs. This law explains that when there's an increase in output in the production of a good, this will then bring about a scenario whereby the opportunity costs of the additional units of the other good will then be less.

As there is an increase in the production of one good, then this will lead to the increase in the opportunity cost of producing the next unit.