In: Economics
Ted describes his preferences over combinations of hamburgers and glasses of scotch as follows. “I like both hamburgers and scotch up to a point, but after that point further consumption of either of them makes me feel increasingly ill.” Draw a family of representative indierence curves that illustrate Ted’s preferences. Indicate the direction(s) of increasing satisfaction for Ted in your diagram. Are Ted’s preferences locally non-satiated? You should include a brief explanation that provides a justification for each of your answers.