For your response posts, select two or more initial posts that contain different current news examples (normative versus positive), and contrast your example with those of your peers. What makes the examples different? How do those differences relate to the different roles that an economist plays as a scientist and policy advisor?

MY STATEMENT(In the US, there were 1.4M unemployment claims on October 15, 2022) is an example of a positive statement.

PEER1 STATEMENT

An article that could be considered normative is the one of republicans, where they promise to help Americans cope with everyday price increases and increase growth. For many, I believe that's how they would want life to be. To make this happen they suggest reducing government spending and to also make permanent tax cuts that are set to expire within the next three years. Even though everything sounds like it would benefit the economy not all economists will agree this will help reduce inflation. This news article backs up the normative analysis by making claims on how the economy should be, and not based on definite real facts.

PEER2 STATEMENT

A recent news story from MSN.com that I read about crime in San Francisco quoted Davis Smith; a business owner who had to shut down their business due to the prevalence of crime in the neighborhood. I consider this to be a normative statement, a statement about how the world ought to be: