English 1A November 26, 2000 Consumerism In the mind of a truly economic man he will always asks himself two questions before purchasing a product. The first question is: “What I am going to buy a need or a want?” And the second is: “Does the marginal benefit out weigh the marginal cost?” In other words, do I really need this item? And will the benefit to me be greater than the cost of the product? Unfortunately, …showed first 75 words of 1449 total…

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