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lexis wrexis Re: C/P's and Opportunity Cost
I too am taking an econ class right now and think that I can help.
Opportunity costs are the assumptions of what must is given up to gain
something else. In these terms, the Affirmative, by choosing case x
decides to reject case y etc. as well as ground outside of the resolution.
These costs are then analyzed in terms of the benefits of each policy
(i.e. does running the virus impact cards forcing me into a wipeout debate
outweigh the costs of such large impacts versus a nuke war DA). The costs
between two comparative policies are the comparative advantages. The two
policies are looked at (after determining how to run them) to see what
benefits and impacts would be accrued.
I think the problem Aaron has is that he assumes that opportunity
costs are continued on throughout the selection process, however, the
realm of opp. costs is limited to the initial policy format, not the
comparison between two competing policies.
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