"Well, my dear," said Mrs. Jennings, "and how did you travel?"
"Not in the stage, I assure you," replied Miss Steele, with quick exultation; "we came post all the way, and had
a very smart beau to attend us. Dr. Davies was coming to town, and so we thought we'd join him in a post-
chaise, and he behaved very genteelly, and paid ten or twelve shillings more than we did."
"Oh, oh!" cried Mrs. Jennings: "very pretty, indeed! and the Doctor is a single man, I warrant you."
"There now," said Miss Steele, affectedly simpering, "everybody laughs at me so about the Doctor, and I
cannot think why. My cousins say they are sure I have made a conquest; but for my part I declare I never think
about him from one hour's end to another..." (Sense and Sensibility, chapter 32, pp. 11-12)
Which of the novel's themes is elaborated in this excerpt?
economic concern and stablility
looking beyond appearances
social status
marriage is for life

The economic problem, which is sometimes considered the basic or core economic problem, argues that the available resources of an economy are inadequate to satisfy all human needs and desires. Economics involves learning how money can be distributed under inadequate circumstances.

The avoidance of undue volatility of the macro economy ensures economic stability. The economy would be seen as economically stable with fairly constant production growth and low and stable inflation.