What can cause a production possibilities curve to move to the right?

a) Thousands of people move out of the country
b) A new invention lowers the cost of production
c) An epidemic kills thousands of young men and women
d) The population is growing increasingly old


Ans: b) A new invention lowers the cost of production

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