Which of the following is an example of a normative, as opposed to positive, statement?
a. Gasoline prices ought to be lower than they are now.
b. The federal government should raise taxes on wealthy people.
c. The social security system is a good system and it deserves to be preserved as it is.
d. All of the above are normative statements.
d
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A) 0.5 percent; United States experienced a deep recession as a result of a financial crisis in 2008-2009 B) 0.5 percent; United States began to recover from the deep recession and financial crisis of 2008-2009 C) 3.5 percent; United States began to recover from the deep recession and financial crisis of 2008-2009 D) 3.5 percent; United States experienced a deep recession as a result of a financial crisis in 2008-2009 E) not yet calculated; effects of the financial crisis of 2008-2009 have not yet been tallied The figure above shows the demand for loanable funds curve.