An Argument That Links the Inflation of the Early 1970s

question 13

Multiple Choice

An argument that links the inflation of the early 1970s with excessive government spending on the Vietnam War and thus on excessive aggregate demand

• A) is consistent with the conclusions that could be drawn from a model with inflation and unemployment trade-offs.
• B) is not consistent with the conclusions that could be drawn from a model with trade-offs between inflation and unemployment and with GDP initially well below its potential.
• C) is consistent with the general foundations of a rational-expectations model.
• D) is consistent with the views that firms and consumers make the most of information available to them.
• E) all of the above.

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