An economic principle:
A. should be used to make every individual decision.
B. can be combined with knowledge of economic institutions to make policy proposals.
C. generally is stated as a normative statement.
D. is an action taken to influence the course of economic events.
Answer: B
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Refer to Figure 16-12. An increase in government purchases of $200 billion causes aggregate demand to shift ultimately from AD1 to AD2
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