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Directions Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Instead of being concerned with what actually happens in practice.........  (economics) is increasingly preoccupied with developing pseudo-mathematical formulas. These provide models of behavior which never quite fit what actually happens, in a way which resembles the physical sciences gone wrong instead of equations describing reality, economics produces equations describing ideal conditions and theoretical clarity of a type which never occurs in practice.

Which of the following best summarizes the argument of this passage?

A)  Economics ought to be more like the physical sciences

B)  Theoretical clarity is undesirable in economics

C)  The physical sciences are wrong to emphasize mathematic formulae

D)  The mathematical equations used by economists do not accurately describe the real world