What Is the Opportunity Cost of Allocating More and More

question 74

Multiple Choice

What is the opportunity cost of allocating more and more resources to the production of capital goods?

• A) a decrease in real income
• B) the amount of consumption goods that could have been produced
• C) the increase in pollution
• D) the environmental goods foregone

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