Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the relationship between positive and normative statements in economics?
A) Normative statements are those with which all economists agree; positive statements may give rise to some disagreement.
B) Positive and normative statements are alternate ways of describing the desirability of certain economic policies.
C) Normative statements evaluate the desirability of certain economic changes; positive statements do not.
D) Neither positive nor normative statements are concerned with the desirability of certain economic changes.
E) Economists generally agree with each other regardless of whether a question is positive or normative.
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