Decisions and Trade-Offs
Thus far I am enjoying my economic class. It is the study of human behavior as far as decision making goes. There are "luxuries" that we give up when we trade what we have for other things we want or need. Although we may not view them as luxuries at the time, we may miss certain situations while we are grateful not to have others. Take our move from Salt Lake County, Utah to Douglas County, Oregon. The major thing that drew us to Oregon was clean air quality vs. breathing deadly smog. Myrtle Creek is certainly a lot smaller (population wise) than any city I had lived in within the Salt Lake City area. There aren't as many roads or traffic or pollution. The crime rate is definitely lower. I'm not saying there isn't any crime here - it just doesn't seem as common. Take the other night, for example. ...