The Public Debt Is the

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Multiple Choice

The public debt is the

• A) amount of U.S. paper currency in circulation.
• B) ratio of all past deficits to all past surpluses.
• C) accumulation of all past deficits minus all past surpluses.
• D) difference between current government expenditures and current tax revenues.

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Coombs' Three-Stage Model

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