All of the following are examples of positive statements EXCEPT:
A)Tax revenues increase as output per person increases.
B)Growth in an economy generates a budget surplus.
C)As output per person increases access to consumer goods increases.
D)High rates of economic growth are undesirable because of the destruction caused to the environment.

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Positive analysis aims at determining only the economic consequences of a particular event, not whether those consequences are desirable. So any statement including a term similar to "undesirable" is a normative statement.

All of the Following Are Examples of Positive Statements EXCEPT