Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
by bluerobotcat on Thursday December 05, 2024 @04:02AM
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Normative approach versus a descriptive/empirical approach.
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Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
by ithkuil on Thursday December 05, 2024 @05:24AM
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Thanks. In a first draft I used the words descriptive and prescriptive but then I decided to avoid possibly using the wrong terminology. Would "prescriptive" be a synonym for "normative" in this case or is there an important difference?