Multiple Choice
An economic model that contains a highly realistic set of assumptions is
A) necessarily better able to predict the future.
B) superior to a model whose assumptions are highly unrealistic.
C) more abstract than a model whose assumptions are further removed from reality.
D) useful because there is then very little difference between "theory" and "reality".
E) not likely to be useful because of its particularized nature and its intractability.
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