Which of the following is an example of a normative, as opposed to positive, statement?
a. If the price of a product decreases, people's willingness to buy that product will increase.
b. Reducing tax rates on the wealthy would benefit the nation.
c. If the national saving rate were to increase, so would the rate of economic growth.
d. The elimination of trade restrictions would increase an economy's standard of living.
b
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An increase in the nominal interest rate leads to
A) a movement upward along the demand for money curve. B) a rightward shift in the demand for money curve. C) neither a shift in nor a movement along the demand for money curve. D) a movement downward along the demand for money curve. E) a leftward shift in the demand for money curve.
Economists often evaluate a theory in terms of how consistently and accurately it predicts what happens. Implicit in this position is the belief that
A) if the theory's predictions are consistently accurate, then there is a fairly good chance that the theory is a good explanation of how things work. B) if the theory's predictions are consistently accurate, then there is a fairly good chance that the theory will be accepted by others. C) if the theory's predictions are consistently accurate, then there is a fairly good chance that the theory's assumptions (even if they initially seem unrealistic) capture something that is essential to explaining what it is that the theory is trying to explain. D) all of the above