Chap 01 22e
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) An economic model is an ideal or utopian type of economy that society should strive to
obtain through economic policy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Because economic generalizations are simplifications from reality, they are impractical
and useless.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) If economic theories are solidly based on relevant facts, then appropriate economic policy
becomes obvious and uncontroversial.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Normative statements are expressions of facts.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Positive statements are expressions of value judgments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Macroeconomics explains the behavior of individual households and business firms;
microeconomics is concerned with the behavior of aggregates or the economy as a whole.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) An economic model is an ideal or utopian type of economy that society should strive to
obtain through economic policy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Because economic generalizations are simplifications from reality, they are impractical
and useless.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) If economic theories are solidly based on relevant facts, then appropriate economic policy
becomes obvious and uncontroversial.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Normative statements are expressions of facts.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Positive statements are expressions of value judgments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Macroeconomics explains the behavior of individual households and business firms;
microeconomics is concerned with the behavior of aggregates or the economy as a whole.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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