Why do economists make assumptions?

a. to create and thereby make economics more interesting
b. to reflect and thereby make the past more understandable
c. to complicate and thereby reflect the world more accurately
d. to simplify and thereby make the world more understandable

d. to simplify and thereby make the world more understandable

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