What Two Measures of Macroeconomic Activity Are Often Referred to as the "Twin

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Multiple Choice

What two measures of macroeconomic activity are often referred to as the "twin deficits"?

• A)net capital flows and net exports
• B)the foreign exchange deficit and net foreign investment
• C)the budget deficit and the trade balance
• D)the saving-investment deficit and the export deficit

Understand the social changes and movements in the 1970s among women, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, African Americans, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Analyze the domestic and foreign policy challenges faced by the Nixon administration and the strategies employed to address them.

Explore the evolution of environmentalism and the achievements of the environmental movement between 1968-1980.

Examine the political strategies of Richard Nixon and the resultant changes in American political landscape.

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