Considering a PPF with health care services on the vertical axis and other goods and services on the horizontal axis, the increasing production of health care services in the United States as a result of the aging population represents
A) a movement upward along the PPF.
B) an outward shift of the PPF from the vertical axis.
C) an outward shift of the PPF from the horizontal axis.
D) a movement downward along the PPF.
A
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A) represents the various quantities people can buy. B) is the same as the marginal private cost curve. C) is the same as the marginal social cost curve. D) is the same as the marginal external cost curve. E) is undefined.
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