1st: trade between Texas and Mexico increased to discourage trade with US
2nd: more soldiers to increase Mexico's control
3rd: Mexico should encourage more Europeans and Mexicans to settle in Texas.
The economic term for this is "opportunity cost".
Opportunity cost is the cost of the options that one is not choosing. This means that if one has to choose between A and B, opportunity cost is the cost of "giving up B" when one chooses A.
De Beers
De Beers enjoyed dominant position and control of the
diamond industry. As a result, it held control of market supply and demand
dynamics and drove the diamond prices. This was as a result of massive diamond
discovery in South Africa.
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