{"id":8521,"date":"2021-05-14T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2021-05-14T17:39:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T14:39:35","slug":"econ-101-opportunity-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/econ-101-opportunity-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"ECON 101: OPPORTUNITY COST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>MONEY OR LIFE?<\/h1>\n<p>About a month ago, my friend, Enver told me he earned cash day trading on cryptocurrencies. I became curious and asked him how much he earned. He earned about 100 dollars in total trading from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm, non-stop.<\/p>\n<p>Working that much and gaining some bucks sitting\u00a0 11 hours in front of the computer is really an earning?\u00a0 <del>No.<\/del><\/p>\n<p>This is why I should be writing about the most fundamental theory of <em>economics,<\/em> the <strong>opportunity cost.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.projecttimes.com\/media\/k2\/items\/cache\/7abb6eaaf5fbbb5e7defc1cc4331b6b4_XL.jpg\" alt=\"Project Management | Risk and Opportunity Management\" width=\"662\" height=\"331\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 662px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 662\/331;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(photo of opportunity, google)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Individual first<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">The concept that created all microeconomics then developed to higher grounds and formulated macroeconomics is about the be written.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kitap365.com\/Content\/global\/images\/products\/8\/88960\/the-selfish-giant-mp3-cd-ylcr-level-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Selfish Giant + MP3 CD (YLCR-Level 1), Oscar Wilde Fiyat\u0131 ve Konusu | Kitap365.com\" width=\"370\" height=\"521\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 370px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 370\/521;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What does <strong>opportunity cost<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Opportunity\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"cost;taken a toll;fetched\">cost<\/span>\u00a0is the\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"value;esteem\">value<\/span>\u00a0of what you lose when choosing between two or more\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"options;choices;alternatives\">choices<\/span>.\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"When you;Once you;After you\">After you<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"decide;choose\">choose<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"you feel;you are feeling;you're feeling\">you are feeling<\/span>\u00a0that the choice you&#8217;ve made will have\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"better;superior;way better\">way better<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"results;comes about\">results<\/span>\u00a0for you\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"regardless;notwithstanding;in any case\">in any case<\/span>\u00a0of what you lose by making it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">As an\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"investor;speculator;financial specialist\">investor<\/span>, an opportunity <span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"cost;taken a toll;fetched\">taken a toll<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"means;implies\">implies<\/span>\u00a0that <strong>your\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"investment;venture;speculation\">speculative<\/span>\u00a0choices will always have\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"immediate;prompt;quick\">quick<\/span>\u00a0and future\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"loss;misfortune\">misfortune<\/span>\u00a0or gain.<\/strong> On a\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"basic;fundamental;essential\">fundamental<\/span>\u00a0level,\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"this is;this is often;typically;usually;this can be\">usually\u00a0<\/span>a common-sense concept that\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"economists;financial analysts;financial specialists\">financial specialists<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"investors;speculators;financial specialists\">investors<\/span>\u00a0like to\u00a0<span class=\"words\" data-synonyms=\"explore;investigate\">investigate<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Common sense<\/strong> has a huge role in social sciences. All evidence states that humans are irrational but economists tend to believe otherwise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>People are rational, motivated by their logical actions (A classical economist).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">However, opportunity cost comes as an <strong>undivulged<\/strong> subject to talk about the<strong> most rational choice.<\/strong> This theory consists of one element, the <strong>selfishness of mankind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(<i>The Selfish Giant + MP3 CD (YLCR-Level 1<\/i>\u00a0https:\/\/www.kitap365.com\/kitap\/the-selfish-giant-mp3-cd-ylcr-level-1\/88960.)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Examples<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/econ-101-capitalist-farmer-zekeriya\/\">Zekeriya farmer <\/a><\/span>choosing to plant corn, the opportunity cost would be any other crop he may have planted, like cucumber or <strong>tomato.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">When \u0130nci graduated <span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"high;tall\">high<\/span> school, she has chosen\u00a0to go to college. The opportunity\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"cost;taken a toll;fetched\">cost<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<span class=\"words\" title=\"\" data-synonyms=\"going to;getting to;progressing to;attending to;reaching to;planning to;aiming to\">getting to<\/span> college is the salary she gave up working full time for <span class=\"words\" data-synonyms=\"years;a long time\">a long time<\/span> she was in college.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Enver doing day trading to earn 100 bucks has the opportunity cost of having a breath of fresh air and having a <strong>life.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A soldier to <strong>die<\/strong> from jumping on a bomb to save his comrade has the opportunity cost of his life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-uhjF2kC3tFc\/U_r3myvwzHI\/AAAAAAAACiw\/tPQ2XOXFYKY\/s1600\/Circles-3.gif\" alt=\"animated gif tutorial on SL-Inspiration\" width=\"364\" height=\"272\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 364px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 364\/272;\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>What would Marx say?<\/h4>\n<p><em>Adam Smith<\/em>, mostly acknowledged as the father of capitalism is one of the first people to study mankind&#8217;s selfish behavior. Instead of Marx, he believed in self-centered individuals. On the other hand, Marx believed in collective help-based individuals.<\/p>\n<p>We can clearly see which one of their perspectives are working for today. Click<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/gay-marx-in-istanbul-2021\/\"> here<\/a><\/span> to see what will Marx experience if he was in the 2021 free-market economic system.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading my content.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>SOURCES<\/p>\n<p><i>Opportunity Cost Examples<\/i>. Example Articles &amp; Resources. (n.d.). https:\/\/examples.yourdictionary.com\/opportunity-cost-examples.html.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kennon, J. (n.d.). <i>What Is Opportunity Cost?<\/i> The Balance. https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/what-is-opportunity-cost-357200.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONEY OR LIFE? About a month ago, my friend, Enver told me he earned cash day trading on cryptocurrencies. I became curious and asked him how much he earned. He earned about 100 dollars in total trading from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm, non-stop. Working that much and gaining some bucks sitting\u00a0 11 hours in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":8618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295,1,845],"tags":[501,1711],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-8521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-general","category-human","tag-economics","tag-selfish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8521"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8619,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions\/8619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8521"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}