Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps Argued in the Late 1960s

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Multiple Choice

Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps argued in the late 1960s that in the long run the Phillips curve is

• A)downward-sloping, which implies that monetary and fiscal policies can influence the level of unemployment in the long run.
• B)downward-sloping, which implies that monetary and fiscal policies cannot influence the rate of inflation in the long run.
• C)vertical, which implies that monetary and fiscal policies cannot influence the level of unemployment in the long run.
• D)vertical, which implies that monetary and fiscal policies cannot influence the rate of inflation in the long run.

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