EconSim

Budget Constraint & Utility Maximization

Spend a fixed income on two goods and find the bundle that makes you best off.

Understand a budget as a real boundary on choice — why getting more of one good means giving up another, and where the best affordable bundle sits.

  • Budget constraint
  • Opportunity cost
  • Marginal utility
  • Diminishing marginal utility
  • Utility maximization

Guided walkthrough

Step 1 of 3
Predict first

Raise the price of good A.

Before you act, predict what will happen. Which way does the budget line move — and does the best bundle stay put? Then do it — did your prediction match what happened?

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The budget line and your best bundle

Every point on the blue line spends all your income; utility peaks where an indifference curve just touches it.