noun
normative economics
Academic term in economics; contrasts with 実証的経済学 (positive economics).
規範的経済学は、経済政策のあるべき姿を論じる。
Normative economics discusses what economic policy should be.
Positive economics, which describes and explains economic phenomena without value judgments, in contrast to normative economics which prescribes what ought to be.
Compound of 規範的 (normative) + 経済学 (economics).