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The Broken Window Fallacy

Ben Christopher

7th July 2011

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I really like this explanation below of The Broken Window Fallacy from Kids Prefer Cheese and the Bastiat text being referred to is here . A fine way to help explain lots of concepts in economics in particular opportunity cost.

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Ben Christopher

Now teaching in Dubai.

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