law of increasing opportunity cost

Definition

The economic reality of the increasing costs of production caused by the inefficiency of reallocating specialized resources for the production of additional goods for which they are not well suited. For example, the redirection of materials used in the manufacture of refrigerators to the manufacture of cars creates inefficiencies in production.

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