An Increased Federal Budget Deficit Resulting from a Recession Can

question 43

Multiple Choice

An increased federal budget deficit resulting from a recession can actually help stabilize an economy through transfer payments because an increased budget deficit will ________ transfer payments and thereby ________ the income of some households.

• A) increase; increase
• B) increase; decrease
• C) decrease; increase
• D) decrease; decrease

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Definitions:

Nazi Germany

The period of German history from 1933 to 1945 under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers' Party, characterized by totalitarian rule, aggressive expansionism, and the perpetration of the Holocaust.

Genocide

The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation, with the intent to destroy that group.

Acquaintances

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External Restraint Theory

A theory suggesting that external societal rules and norms prevent individuals from engaging in deviant or criminal behavior.