There is great concern over the idea that citizens should have to provide specific identification to be able to vote in elections. A study of the costs and benefits of implementing a voter identification program is an example of
A) laissez-faire economics.
B) positive economics.
C) labor economics.
D) normative economics.

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A study of the costs and benefits of implementing a voter identification program is an example of positive economics, which deals with objective analysis and facts about how the world is, as opposed to normative economics, which involves value judgments about how the world ought to be. Positive economics would look at the factual outcomes and implications of such a program without making value judgments about its desirability.

There Is Great Concern Over the Idea That Citizens Should