In the 1970s,the Government Attempted to Regulate Prices to Control

question 81

Multiple Choice

In the 1970s,the government attempted to regulate prices to control inflation; this attempt was unsuccessful.The most likely reason was that

• A) it increased menu costs.
• B) it created future price certainty.
• C) it removed relative price signals for those items that had actual increases in demand that were not due to inflation.
• D) it created money illusion.
• E) the Watergate break-in destroyed Americans' faith in the government.

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