Introduction to Economics 1 Deneme Sınavı Sorusu #712380

Which of the following is a positive statement?


When the government sets unemployment insurance payments too generously, for instance, it reduces the rewards for hard work, and may demotivate job seekers as a result.

Government policies designed to improve equity may reduce efficiency.

When large quantities of the national currency are put in circulation, the value (or purchasing power) of the money falls.

The government that faces a tradeoff should set its priorities by giving the proper weights to these two goals that sometimes conflict.

A household may have to decide whether to change the car or furniture at home.


Yanıt Açıklaması:

Positive statements in economics are statements that intend to describe how things are and how things actually work. A normative statement is a prescriptive statement, like the ones expected to be made by a policy adviser, involving normative judgements and prescriptions about how the world should be. As it can be understood from these definitions the correct answer is “C”.

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