Many People Have Bemoaned the Fact That Hand-Written Personal Letters

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Essay

Many people have bemoaned the fact that hand-written personal letters have become largely a thing of the past. They have also noted that the number of emails they receive have increased quite dramatically and can hardly be compared to the volume of letters that they used to receive by mail. Explain in terms of opportunity cost why this might be the case. Explain why junk email is probably more of a problem than traditional junk mail delivered to our mail box.

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