<em>After a failed Ottoman invasion of Syria in 1839, he launched another invasion of the Ottoman Empire in 1840; he defeated the Ottomans again and opened the way towards a capture of Constantinople....Muhammad Ali of Egypt.</em>
<h2>He improved Egypt's irrigation system, on which its agriculture depended; he introduced new crops, such as cotton, which promised high cash returns; and he reorganized the administrative structure of the government to ensure strict control of the economy.</h2>
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government
Individuals are forced to make trade-offs every time they use their resources in one way and not in another. The cost of making a trade-off is known as opportunity cost—the value of the next best alternative that has to be given up to do the action that is chosen.
