Economists First Began Studying the Relationship Between Changes in Aggregate

question 181

Multiple Choice

Economists first began studying the relationship between changes in aggregate expenditures and changes in GDP

• A)in the 1950s.
• B)during the Great Depression.
• C)at the end of the Civil War.
• D)during the Industrial Revolution.

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