Economics: Principles & Policy
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ISBN: 9781337696326
Author: William J. Baumol; Alan S. Blinder; John L. Solow
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 21, Problem 1DQ
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Examples for the use of aggregates in daily discussions.
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The aggregate terms are included in everyday discussions. For example, ‘the country is turning conservative’, football players are faster these days, and the students at this college think the classes should be smaller, and so on. When a person makes a statement that one usually has in mind on an average or a typical member of the larger group, one would not mean that every member of the group fits the statement.
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