Economists Need to Develop Abstractions in Order To

question 96

Multiple Choice

Economists need to develop abstractions in order to:

• A)​avoid analyzing real-world economic interactions, which are too complicated to understand.
• B)​distinguish normative economic behavior from positive economic behavior.
• C)​avoid committing the fallacy of composition.
• D)​understand and explain economic behavior.

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