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What is the focus of microeconomics?
What is the focus of microeconomics?
- International trade agreements
- Global economic systems
- Individual agents and markets (correct)
- Government policies and regulations
What is the distinction between positive economics and normative economics?
What is the distinction between positive economics and normative economics?
- Describing current economic policies vs. historical economic policies
- Describing 'what ought to be' vs. advocating 'what is'
- Describing 'what is' vs. advocating 'what ought to be' (correct)
- Advocating for market interventions vs. advocating for free market principles
What does macroeconomics analyze?
What does macroeconomics analyze?
- Individual consumer choices
- Environmental impacts on economies
- Micro-level economic behavior
- Systemic interactions of production, consumption, saving, and investment (correct)
Where can economic analysis be applied?
Where can economic analysis be applied?
What are the broad distinctions within economics?
What are the broad distinctions within economics?