Economics isn't about money — it's the discipline of figuring out which use of a scarce resource is best. Any time something is limited AND has competing uses, you're doing economics. The action prompt 'That resource has alternative uses. What's the best one?' turns vague cost-talk into a concrete decision frame: enumerate the alternatives, then pick the highest-value use.
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