Understanding Opportunity Cost
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Opportunity cost is the second best alternative foregone.

  • Rational People Think at the Margin
  • The Cost of Something is What You Give Up to Get It (correct)
  • People will only take action of the marginal benefit exceed the marginal cost

Marginal changes are small, incremental changes to an existing plan of action

  • Rational People Think at the Margin (correct)
  • People Face Trade-offs
  • The Cost of Something is What You Give Up to Get It

People Respond to Incentives. Incentive is something that causes a person to act. Because people use cost and benefit analysis, they also respond to incentives

  • People Face Trade-offs
  • People will only take action of the marginal benefit exceed the marginal cost (correct)
  • Rational People Think at the Margin

Trade allows countries to specialize according to their comparative advantages and to enjoy a greater variety of goods and services

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