Excluded from a List of Reasons Often Cited as Responsible

question 15

Multiple Choice

Excluded from a list of reasons often cited as responsible for the slowdown in U.S.productivity during the 1970s is the

• A) increase in the proportion of youths and women in the labor force.
• B) reduction in the rate of growth of the capital-labor ratio.
• C) presence of increased amounts of government regulation.
• D) reduction in the proportion of GDP devoted to research and development.
• E) price stability and stable interest rates over that period, which reduced profit opportunities.

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