What is the "right" degree of abstraction necessary to analyze an economic problem?

a. simple abstraction of only minor details
b. simple abstraction of only irrelevant details
c. total abstraction of all variables
d. total abstraction of all irrelevant details
e. There is no "right" degree of abstraction to analyze an economic problem.


e

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a. preventing firms from evading regulation b. creating a double-markup problem c. making the incentives of manufacturers and retailers unaligned d. facilitating price discrimination

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Larry's Lathe-makers Limited produces lathes, which are purchased by furniture manufacturers all over the world. The standard lathe depreciates over a twenty-five-year period. In the national income accounts, the lathes are classified as

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