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Chapter 1: The Science of Macroeconomics What is Economics? Normative Definition: Economics is the science that studies how to efficiently allocate economic resources Positive Definition: Economics is the science that studies how an economy operates or how economic variables are determined under the given economic system. The System of an Economy: The economic system can briefly be distinguished in terms of The ownership: private ownership and public ownership The mechanism of resource allocation: planning mechanism and market mechanism  What we shall study in Macroeconomics? How are the