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What does microeconomics analyze?
What does microeconomics analyze?
- The economy as a system
- The interactions of individual agents and markets (correct)
- The employment of resources like labour and capital
- The factors affecting production and consumption
What does macroeconomics analyze?
What does macroeconomics analyze?
- The economy as a system where production, consumption, saving, and investment interact (correct)
- The employment of resources like labour and capital
- The interactions of individual agents and markets
- The factors affecting production and consumption
What is the distinction between positive economics and normative economics?
What is the distinction between positive economics and normative economics?
- 'Positive economics advocates 'what ought to be', while normative economics describes 'what is'
- Positive economics describes 'what is', while normative economics advocates 'what ought to be' (correct)
- 'Positive economics describes 'what ought to be', while normative economics advocates 'what is'
- 'Positive economics advocates 'what is', while normative economics describes 'what ought to be'
Where can economic analysis be applied?
Where can economic analysis be applied?
What does mainstream economics focus on?
What does mainstream economics focus on?