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Economics

Opportunity Cost

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The opportunity cost of attending college is often the income you could have earned if you had worked instead.

Why this is interesting

Imagine you have $100 and must choose between buying a book or going to a concert. Which one do you pick? What about the chance you missed by choosing the other?