The Dot-Com Bust of the Late 1990's/early 2000's and the Financial

question 23

Multiple Choice

The dot-com bust of the late 1990's/early 2000's and the financial meltdown of 2008 are both examples of which process gone "awry" in a system?

• A)Deviation-counteracting feedback that prevented growth in both the internet and financial sectors so that both remained at homeostasis.
• B)Deviation-counteracting feedback that shrunk both the internet and financial sectors until they were too small,and therefore collapsed.
• C)Deviation-amplifying feedback that created growth in both the internet and financial sectors so that both remained at homeostasis.
• D)Deviation-amplifying feedback that created growth in both the internet and financial sectors until they were too big,and therefore collapsed.

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