A government chooses to protect a forest rather than allow a mine to open. Which is an economic benefit of this choice?
The tax revenue that the mine would have paid
The jobs that would have been created by the mine
The environmental value preserved by protecting the forest
The minerals that remain unextracted
29 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 1.2 The basic economic problem, covering 1.2.1 Scarce resources and unlimited wants, 1.2.2 The economic problem, 1.2.3 Opportunity cost, and 1.2.4 Costs and benefits of economic choices. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.