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Budget Line Shift: Income Increase (Movies & Popcorn)

Type Control-systems block diagramStandard Ogata / standard controls textbook conventionEngine schematex-blockdiagramUpdated 6/21/2026
Budget Line Shift: Income Increase (Movies & Popcorn)
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The scenario

A consumer allocates increased income between movies and popcorn, maintaining a budget constraint. The feedback loop ensures total spending equals income, illustrating the budget line shift mechanism.

What is in this drawing

Read the decisions behind it.

01

Model the consumer as a controller that adjusts spending to match income

02

Use a sum to calculate budget error and a separate sum to aggregate total spending

Educational diagrams for introductory microeconomics, control systems analogies, or when explaining household budget adjustments.

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