It Is Most Accurate to Say That the Recession of 2008/2009

question 83

Multiple Choice

It is most accurate to say that the recession of 2008/2009 has resulted in ________.

• A) an overselling of private goods
• B) a disbelief in the American dream
• C) a decline in conspicuous spending
• D) an increase in materialism
• E) the elimination of false wants

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