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Opportunity Cost

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Opportunity Cost (definition)   show
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show the value of the next best alternative use of time, money, or resources  
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show when you give something up in order to get something else  
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show -illustrates the trade-offs facing an economy that hypothetically only produces 2 goods with their resources -it shows the max quantity of 1 good that can be produced for each possible quantity of the other good produced  
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show -when an economy uses or employs all its resources -efficient is being on your PPC curve  
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Efficient (IMP--MC on TEST)   show
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Economic Growth   show
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show GDP  
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show 1) better technology 2) more resources 3) investing in HUMAN CAPTIAL  
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marginal benefit   show
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show additional cost resulting from a small increase in some activity  
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show increase the level of an activity as long as its marginal benefit exceeds its marginal cost *choose the level at which the marginal benefit=marginal cost*  
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show a voluntary exchange between 2 people makes both people better off  
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show the face value of an amount of money  
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real value   show
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principle of diminishing returns   show
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