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Economic Reasoning Principles - Foundation For Teaching Economics
Economic Reasoning Principles - Foundation For Teaching Economics
PEOPLE FACE TRADEOFFS Scarcity exists and it doesn’t go away. Because resources are limited, people must make choices. PEOPLE ECONOMIZE People choose the alternatives that they perceive to offer the greatest excess of benefits over costs. ALL CHOICES INVOLVE COSTS The opportunity cost of a choice is the foregone alternative, the (benefits of the) alternative […]
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Economic Reasoning Principles - Foundation For Teaching Economics
New Lithium Discovery Highlights Why We Never Run Out of Resources | Peter Jacobsen
New Lithium Discovery Highlights Why We Never Run Out of Resources | Peter Jacobsen
A new discovery of lithium this last week led to a flurry of headlines touting the finding as one of the biggest lithium deposits in history. The discovery comes amid fears that a shift towards electric vehicles would exhaust too much of the world’s supply of lithium—an important component in batteries. This raises an interesting question. Why do we never run out of resources when experts say we will?
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New Lithium Discovery Highlights Why We Never Run Out of Resources | Peter Jacobsen
Victor Matheson on Twitter
Victor Matheson on Twitter
“Most of the stadium public finance research, including mine, has focused on construction subsidies, but this is a good reminder that they are only part of the welfare programs for billionaires lavished on sports team owners.”
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Victor Matheson on Twitter
$20 gift cards and $1 books: GOP primary candidates test novel ways to raise money as they scramble for a spot on next month's debate stage | CNN Politics
$20 gift cards and $1 books: GOP primary candidates test novel ways to raise money as they scramble for a spot on next month's debate stage | CNN Politics
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to people who donate at least $1 to his presidential campaign. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has promised grassroots fundraisers a 10% cut of the money they bring into his campaign. Other candidates are just pleading for $1 donations or offering campaign swag at a steep discount.
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$20 gift cards and $1 books: GOP primary candidates test novel ways to raise money as they scramble for a spot on next month's debate stage | CNN Politics