What Did Proponents of Rational Expectations Argue About the Sacrifice

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Multiple Choice

What did proponents of rational expectations argue about the sacrifice ratio and why?

• A) The sacrifice ratio would be high because it was rational for people not to immediately change their expectations.
• B) The sacrifice ratio would be high because people might adjust their expectations quickly if they found anti-inflation policy credible.
• C) The sacrifice ratio could be low because it was rational for people not to immediately change their expectations.
• D) The sacrifice ratio could be low because people might adjust their expectations quickly if they found anti-inflation policy credible.

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Definitions:

Cleavage

In geology, the tendency of minerals to break along flat, parallel surfaces related to the arrangement of atoms within the mineral.

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A type of fold in the Earth's crust that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core.

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