The Predictions That the Obama Administration Used to Justify the Stimulus

question 39

Multiple Choice

The predictions that the Obama administration used to justify the stimulus plan have been shown to be (according to most economists)

• A)wrong; the plan worked much better than their predictions suggested it would.
• B)wrong; the plan did not work as well as their predictions suggested it would, but did have some positive impact.
• C)wrong; the plan had no positive impact and has been credited with extending the recession of 2007-2009.
• D)right on the mark.

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