The Dot-Com Bust of the Late 1990's/early 2000's and the Financial

question 18

Multiple Choice

The dot-com bust of the late 1990's/early 2000's and the financial meltdown of 2008 are both examples of which process gone "awry" in a system?

• A) deviation-counteracting feedback that prevented growth in both the Internet and financial sectors so that both remained at homeostasis
• B) deviation-counteracting feedback that shrunk both the Internet and financial sectors until they were too small, and therefore collapsed
• C) deviation-amplifying feedback that created growth in both the Internet and financial sectors so that both remained at homeostasis
• D) deviation-amplifying feedback that created growth in both the Internet and financial sectors until they were too big, and therefore collapsed

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