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  • Figure 1: Isoquant diagram of hours of labour and feet of gold wire used per month.
    In theory of production: Substitution of factors

    …important economic phenomenon: that of factor substitution. This means that one variable factor can be substituted for others; as a general rule a more lavish use of one variable factor will permit an unchanged amount of output to be produced with fewer units of some or all of the others.…

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  • David Ricardo
    In distribution theory: Substitution problems

    …marginal productivity assumes that the factors of production can be added to each other in small quantities. If one must choose between adding one big machine or none at all to production, the concept of the marginal product becomes unworkable. This “lumpiness” creates an indeterminacy in the distribution of income.…

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