Author Question: The difference between positive statements and normative statements is that A) a positive ... (Read 142 times)

kamilo84 · **on:** Jun 29, 2018

The difference between positive statements and normative statements is that

A) a positive statement involves a value judgment and a normative statement is a statement of fact.
B) a positive statement is a statement of fact and a normative statement involves value judgments.
C) value judgments are made in normative statements but assumed in positive statements.
D) normative statements are provable while positive statements are not.

Question 2

A fundamental reason that governments provide public goods is that

A) those goods are subject to the free-rider problem.
B) negative externalities are part of the production process of those goods.
C) public goods are merit goods.
D) those goods are perfectly divisible.