Abstract
A basic tenet of microeconomics is that people optimize. Firms maximize profits, subject to technology (the production function), and input and output prices. Consumers maximize utility, subject to their budget constraint, and the prices of the goods that bring them satisfaction or utility. In Chapter 2 we learned how to derive a labor demand function from farmers’ profit maximization. Households supply the labor to satisfy this farm labor demand.
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