In his speech, Andres says, "Recreational use of marijuana should be legalized in the United States for three reasons: first, it will save money; second, it will reduce violent crime associated with drug cartels; and third, it will reduce the number of inmates in our overcrowded prison system." What is Andres’s topic?

Recreational marijuana

Explanation:

The topic of Andres' speech is recreational marijuana and its legal status.

We can see that from the example as he is trying to explain why marijuana for recreational purposes should be legalized in the US. He is presenting positive economic, legal and safety benefits that would come out of decriminalization.

The purpose of his speech is the presentation of the arguments and persuasion of the audience.

levels of production can be increased by technology while holding labor and capital constant, because increased technology makes the production process more efficient. subsequently, the lras curve is almost a vertical line, that can shift to the right, with an increase in technology.

the relationship between the lras curve and the ppc is that both can make the economy could grow. the ppc achieves that when it shifts outward because of more resources or technological advances while the lras curve shifts if more resources are developed or if there are technological advances.

the lras curve is a vertical line at an output level that represents the number of goods and services a nation can produce over a sustained period using all of its productive resources as efficiently as possible with all of the current technology available to it.

the production possibilities frontier (ppf) is a graphical device that is used for economic analysis of production decisions because the ppf measures the maximum possible combinations of two goods that an economy is capable of producing with its currently available resources and technology.

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