Macabre Explanation of Opportunity Costs

[tcpip]

For those who haven't seen it...

I think dead children should be used as a unit of currency. I know this sounds controversial, but hear me out.

Comments

[tcpip]

opportunity costs are not calculable because they're imaginary.

Partially true. They can certainly be estimated fairly well however.

[goumindong]

I have a feeling that the causation in this book is not quite on track.

The argument seems to be that we should not attempt to help poor people because while we are doing this we also end up helping rich people.

[goumindong]

The two sentences were separate. There is a technical argument, which is simply wrong (that aid is killing people) and an emotional argument (that we should not try because it also enriches bad people