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I love that this was put into perspective in a couples life. I find it a good way to explain comparative advantages as well as opportunity cost. I feel that many people do not know the value of there own time. A line that really spoke out to me in this article was when it referred to this concept being similar to a student loan. I have the argument many times with my friends that if they went to school and invested in their future they should be able to pay off their student loans. I can relate to this article very much. Im a very young mom of a two year old little girl. I am in school and am a nanny for two different families. My daughter is in school 5 days a week while I nanny and do school work. If I was trying to save money I could keep

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