Economists make assumptions because

a. they need to incorporate value judgments into their models.
b. analysis without assumptions would be impossibly complex.
c. they always have imperfect information about reality.
d. assumptions are the final product of careful economic analysis.
e. assumptions allow economists to ignore things that they cannot explain.

b

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