One Baseline Assumption That Economists Make Is

question 79

Multiple Choice

One baseline assumption that economists make is:

• A)people are rational utility maximizers.
• B)people will always choose short-term benefits to longer-term payoffs.
• C)people will not always choose what makes them happiest.
• D)people are unpredictable.

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