Robert Lucas Argued That

question 68

Multiple Choice

Robert Lucas argued that

• A) workers and employers would adjust to macroeconomic inflationary policies designed to increase employment and thereby negate the policies.
• B) the opportunity cost of macroeconomic policies was always negative.
• C) workers were more important than employers in determining macroeconomic policy.
• D) macroeconomic policy would work only with a three-year lag.

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