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Joe sold gold coins for $1000 that he bought a year ago for $1000. He says, "At least I didn't lose any money on my financial investment." His economist friend points out that in effect he did lose money, because he could have received a 3 percent return on the $1000 if he had bought a bank certificate of deposit instead of the coins. The economist's analysis in this case incorporates the idea of:a. normative economics b. opportunity costs c. marginal benefits that exceed marginal costs.

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b. opportunity costs 

Explanation:

Opportunity cost is the cost of the next best option forgone when one alternative is chosen over other alternatives.

Joe could have either bought coins or the certificate of deposit. Joe chose to buy coins instead and he forgoed the alternative of buying the certificate of deposit.

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