How Rapidly Does the Economy's Self-Correcting Mechanism Work? Most Economists

question 130

Multiple Choice

How rapidly does the economy's self-correcting mechanism work? Most economists agree that it

• A)works quickly and reliably.
• B)works slowly and not very reliably.
• C)works reliably, but not very quickly.
• D)does not work at all.

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