Economics (MindTap Course List)
Economics (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337617383
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 32, Problem 3QP
To determine

Explain the reason to say that a theory is falsifiable.

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