Microeconomics (Book Only)
Microeconomics (Book Only)
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ISBN: 9781285738307
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Explain the reasons why no theory perfectly describes the reality.

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No theory cannot perfectly describe the reality because the main job of a theory is to find why the things in a society are like this or gone like this manner etc. Theory is only a group of principles that lead the real activities in a smooth manner. For example: according to the theory of trade, it explains what it is. But it did not say that how it done by every country. In building a theory, some variables are necessary to be omitted.

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