Part 1: economists are fond of saying "there is no such thing as a free lunch." from an economist's perspective, in at least two well-developed paragraphs, explain what this statement means. be sure to explain how situations like this include choices and trade-offs, and include an example. part 2: from a consumer's perspective, in at least one well-developed paragraph, describe how consumer rights can be overlooked.

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P1- The words " There is no such thing as free lunch" isn't about money. It is about time and what you could have done instead. For example, there is free ice-cream on the road, they give it to everyone. You could have eaten a hot steak with mashed potatoes instead. So that is what it means if there is no such thing as free lunch, you will lose the opportunity what you can do then and time.  

p2-A consumer has amazing rights. They can return the product if they don't like it. If they like it they can rate it good and more people will buy it, but if they rate it bad others won't want to buy it due to the rating. So due to this, a consumer had the amazing right.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.