Monday, August 30, 2004

Theory and Application

On Saturday, I met a married couple with a couple of kids. They were pondering whether to have a third child - or get a horse instead. In class today, I felt compelled to use this as an example of diminishing marginal utility. (The example will probably resurface later this semester, when I replace diminishing marginal utility with diminishing marginal rate of substitution.)

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