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312. Principles of Economics Lecture 3: ...

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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Third lecture of Principles of Economics examines time as the ultimate scarce resource, showing how all human action unfolds across time, why opportunity cost exists, how time preference shapes choices, and how economizing time drives production, saving, and civilization. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse 
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