Author Question: Mill wrote that the claim that economics is a science rests upon the assumption that: A. custom ... (Read 29 times)

NguyenJ · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Mill wrote that the claim that economics is a science rests upon the assumption that:

A. custom (habit) plays an important role in economic behavior.
B. economic behavior is determined entirely by competition.

C. capitalism and utilitarianism are compatible.
D. happiness is identical with pleasure.

E. pleasures differ in quantity, but not quality.

Question 2

According to Mill, the behavior of men and women in the marketplace is:

A. always rational.
B. free of the influence of custom.

C. both predictable and calculable.
D. predictable, but not calculable.

E. calculable, but not predictable.