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Section 1.2 of Prentice Hall Economics
What is Economics?: Opportunity Cost
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Economics
12th Grade
01/09/2013

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trade-off
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the act of giving up one benefit in order to gain another, greater benefit
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"guns or butter"
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a phrase expressing the idea that a country that decides to produce more military goods ("guns") has fewer resources to produce consumer goods ("butter") and vice versa
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opportunity cost
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the most desirable alternative given up as the result of a decision
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thinking at the margin
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the process of deciding whether to do or use one additional unit of some resource
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cost/benefit analysis
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a decision-making process in which you compare what you will sacrifice and gain by a specific action
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marginal cost
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the extra cost of adding one unit
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marginal benefit
Definition
the extra benefit of adding one unit
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