What Prevented European Governments from Addressing the Great Recession with Keynesian

question 56

Multiple Choice

What prevented European governments from addressing the Great Recession with Keynesian policies?

• A) an obsessive focus on immigration policies as the cause of the recession
• B) the EU requirement that budget deficits constitute less than 3 percent of GDP
• C) the right-wing opposition to government interference in economy
• D) chaos caused by an increasing number of terrorist attacks
• E) a currency crisis that followed collapse of several major international banks

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