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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: Marcus, G. Kluge: True Wisdom''
 
"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: Marcus, G. Kluge: True Wisdom''
  
I like to think of Opportunity Cost as simply, the highest valued opportunity foregone.
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(Economics) Economics the benefit that could have been gained from an alternative use of the same resource.
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Back to Terms

"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: Marcus, G. Kluge: True Wisdom

(Economics) Economics the benefit that could have been gained from an alternative use of the same resource. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Opportunity+Cost