Which of the Following Factors Has Helped Maintain the Large

question 102

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors has helped maintain the large U.S. trade deficits over the years?

• A)a decline in investment
• B)capital and financial account surpluses
• C)a decrease in economic growth
• D)an increase in U.S. net exports

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Definitions:

Ethical Imperatives

Moral obligations or commands that are viewed as universally true and guiding principles of behavior.

Comparative Reasoning

The process of using what is more familiar to make interpretations, explanations, or inferences about what is less familiar.

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The process of thinking that begins with abstractions or generalizations that express one’s core beliefs, concepts, values, or principles and proceeds to reason top down to specific applications. Ideological reasoning is deductive and axiomatic. The argument maker takes the ideological premises on faith.