Principles of Economics
Principles of Economics
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781305156043
Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Trade-off situations.

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A few of the important trade-offs faced in real life are given below:

  • Trade-off between studying one subject over studying another subject.
  • Spending 15 dollars to buy a pizza or to buy a study guide.
  • Buying a car leads to a trade-off between the cost of the car and the cost of other things one might want to buy.
Economics Concept Introduction

Concept introduction:

Trade-off: Trade-off refers to producing more of one good or service in exchange for producing less of another good or service.

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