Opportunity Cost and Tradeoffs

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Opportunity cost and tradeoffs are two fundamental concepts from economics and they are all around us.

Tyler Cowen shares the definition of opportunity cost: the value of your next best alternative. Time, space, or resources used to achieve one goal can’t (usually) be used simultaneously to achieve another. A few examples of opportunity costs show that we face them all the time–even when we’re making decisions that don’t revolve around spending money. Some opportunity costs, like the value of spending time with loved ones, can’t easily be quantified in dollars and cents, so there’s no simple formula or calculator for opportunity cost.

Because resources are scarce, tradeoffs are everywhere. For example, building codes can require entrepreneurs to install sprinklers, safety glass, and other strategies to keep consumers safe. However, the cost of these building improvements can increase the costs of products and prevent new businesses from being opened. Economics can help you understand these tradeoffs so you can navigate them. Once you master the economic way of thinking, you’ll see these tradeoffs everywhere you look.

00:00 Intro
00:24 Opportunity Cost
01:30 Cost Benefit Analysis
01:58 Tradeoffs
02:37 Examples of Tradeoffs
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I'm so glad these videos are available for everyone to watch and don't cost a penny. Oh, wait a second!

Joachim
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I am grateful that a platform like YouTube exists! My textbook does a great job of explaining the concept of opportunity cost, but I can now comprehend this by visually/physically showing what this topic is about! Thank you!

samanthad
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This is by far the best explanation I have ever heard of opportunity cost; I learned this concept in my grad and post grad but never be able to fully inculcate it's real meaning into my mind and body, but after watching this video, am really seeing everything around me as an opportunity costs and tradeoffs. Really great video! Thanks to everyone who created this.

himanshusaini
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I am very happy to receive economic material with the concepts explained. Greetings from me, an economics teacher from Riau Province, Indonesia

ekonomikachannel
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this editing is truly a masterpiece. `Thank you for the explanation

nicolerussoarmani
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This video it self is such a nice example of opportunity cost

FrizzelFry
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Great Video! I always learn a lot and it has really changed the way to see the world to me

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Opportunity cost and trade offs
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Cost benifits
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Trade off
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Right trade off to make building safer

dp
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Well, Adam is pretty fucking hot — so I guess Jenny was not missing out.

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