问题


There is a single choice question about high school microeconomics. Answer the question by replying A, B, C or D.
Question: Which of the following statements is positive?
A. An economy that produces more butter than guns is better off than an economy that produces more guns than butter.
B. Nations should concentrate their resources on producing wholesome consumer goods as opposed to the weapons of war.
C. The production possibilities frontier is concave to the origin because of the law of increasing costs.
D. Nations ought to devote at least some of their resources to national defense.
Answer:

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金声玉亮2.0

C. The production possibilities frontier is concave to the origin because of the law of increasing costs.

Explanation: This statement is positive because it describes a factual relationship between the production possibilities frontier and the law of increasing costs, without expressing a value judgment or opinion. The other options (A, B, and D) are normative statements, as they express opinions or value judgments about what an economy should or ought to do.
C
deepseekr1

The question asks for a positive statement, which is factual and testable.

- **A** uses "better off," a value judgment (normative).
- **B** includes "should," indicating a recommendation (normative).
- **C** explains the PPF's shape with the law of increasing costs, a factual economic principle (positive).
- **D** uses "ought to," a normative term.

**Answer: C**
C
gpto1 C C
GPT-4o C. The production possibilities frontier is concave to the origin because of the law of increasing costs. C
llama3.1-70B-Instruct

C
C
llama3.1-405B-Instruct

C. The production possibilities frontier is concave to the origin because of the law of increasing costs.
C
DeepSeek-Coder-V2 C C
Qwen2-72B-Instruct C. The production possibilities frontier is concave to the origin because of the law of increasing costs. C
baichuan4 C C
doubao C

Positive statements are those that can be tested or verified using data and facts. Statement C about the production possibilities frontier being concave due to the law of increasing costs is a factual and testable statement, while the other statements involve value judgments or opinions (such as what is "better off" or what a nation "should" do).
C
minimax C. The production possibilities frontier is concave to the origin because of the law of increasing costs. C
kimi C. The production possibilities frontier is concave to the origin because of the law of increasing costs.

Explanation: A positive statement in economics is one that can be verified as true or false without making any value judgments. It is a statement of fact or a description of a relationship between variables.

A is a normative statement because it implies a value judgment that an economy producing more butter is better off than one producing more guns.

B is also a normative statement, as it suggests what nations "should" do, which is a value judgment.

D is a normative statement because it suggests an obligation or duty for nations to allocate resources to national defense.

C, on the other hand, is a positive statement because it describes a characteristic of the production possibilities frontier (PPF), which is concave to the origin due to the law of increasing costs. This is a factual statement about how the PPF is shaped, and it does not involve any value judgment.
C
wenxinyiyan C

Explanation:
Option A and B are normative statements, which means they express value judgments or recommendations about what should be done. They cannot be tested as true or false because they involve subjective opinions about what is "better off" or what nations "should" do.

Option D is also a normative statement because it suggests what nations "ought to" do regarding national defense.

Option C, however, is a positive statement. It describes a fact or a relationship that can be objectively verified. The production possibilities frontier (PPF) is concave to the origin because as production of one good increases (assuming resources are finite), production of another good must decrease at an increasing rate. This reflects the law of increasing costs, which states that as more of a good is produced, additional units require more resources or cost more to produce. This is a factual, economic relationship that can be observed and tested.
C
zhipu C

Explanation: A positive statement in economics is one that can be tested and validated against real-world data. It describes "what is" rather than "what ought to be."

- Option A is a normative statement because it makes a value judgment about what is "better."
- Option B is also normative as it suggests what "should" be done.
- Option C is a positive statement because it describes a factual economic principle (the law of increasing costs) and its effect on the shape of the production possibilities frontier.
- Option D is normative because it prescribes what nations "ought to" do.

Therefore, the correct answer is C.
C
gpto1 C C