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Chapter One The Market --- Appreciating Economic Modeling 第一页，共三十八页。 The Purpose of this Chapter To begin to understand the art of building an economic model To begin to understand three basic elements of modeling in economics: Purpose Simplification through assumptions Value judgment 第二页，共三十八页。 The Purpose of an Economic Model The purpose of an economic model is to help provide precise insights (精确的洞察力）on a specific economic phenomenon. Thus: Different phenomena needs different model; Simplification by assumption is necessary 第三页，共三十八页。 An Illustration: Modeling the Apartment Ma