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11.1
Equilibrium Analysis
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
YEAR
U.S.
PRODUCTION
(MILLIONS OF
GALLONS)
IMPORTS
(MILLIONS OF
GALLONS)
1965
565
10
575
1.32
1970
713
22
735
1.52
1975
782
40
822
1.96
1980
983
91
1073
2.02
Percent change,
19651980
+ 74.0
+810.0
+ 86.6
TOTAL
(MILLIONS OF
GALLONS)
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1985, Table 1364, p. 765.
CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA
(GALLONS)
+53.0
Adjustment in an Economy
with Two Sectors
11.6
A change in consumer
preferences causes an
increase in the demand for
wine, and, consequently, a
decrease in the demand for
other goods.
Adjustment in an Economy
with Two Sectors
11.7
Adjustment in an Economy
with Two Sectors
11.8
11.9
11.10
11.11
Society will produce the efficient mix of output because firms equate price and
marginal cost. Prices are equal to Marginal Cost.
11.12