Opportunity Cost

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"Pay special attention to what some economists call "opportunity costs"; whenever you make an investment, financial or otherwise, ponder what else you might be doing instead." References: True Wisdom (chapter) in Kluge, Marcus, G.

Economics: the benefit that could have been gained from an alternative use of the same resource.


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