How Did the Influential Economist John Maynard Keynes Explain His

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Multiple Choice

How did the influential economist John Maynard Keynes explain his remark that although economics is an easy subject compared with the higher branches of philosophy or pure science,it is a subject at which few excel?

• A) Most people who study economics are not very bright.
• B) Good economists must possess a rare combination of gifts.
• C) Economics is quite boring;hence,people tend to lose interest in it before mastering it.
• D) Good thinkers become frustrated with economics because it does not make use of the scientific method.

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