In microeconomic theory, the opportunity cost of a choice is the value of the best alternative forgone where, given limited resources, a choice needs to be made between several mutually exclusive alte
Demand and supply of hospital beds and days during COVID-19
The parable of the broken window was introduced by French economist Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay "That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen" to illustrate why destruction, and the money spe
Opportunity cost
…No such thing as a free lunch Parable of the broken window Production–possibility frontier…
When a child accidentally smashes a window, and then it has to be replaced, does this accident constitute a benefit to society, due to the economic activity of repairing and replacing the window?
Firefighters at work in the Taisho-suji Market in Kobe, Japan after a 1995 earthquake.
Partly-cleared bomb damage in an industrial area. The roofless buildings are houses. The corrugated metal in front of the pile of bricks and framing timber are the remains of several air-raid shelters.