If the Government Cut Expenditures During an Expansion

question 12

Multiple Choice

If the government cut expenditures during an expansion

• A)it would have to raise the tax rate
• B)it would tend to stabilize the economy
• C)both a and b
• D)neither a nor b

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Definitions:

Two-Fold Cost of Sex

A hypothesis in evolutionary biology that suggests sexual reproduction is twice as costly as asexual reproduction, since only females contribute to the gene pool of the offspring.

Sexual Lineages

The genetic line of descent traced through mating and reproduction, typically examined through the analysis of patterns in genetic variation.

Asexual Lineages

Populations or species that reproduce without the genetic recombination processes involved in sexual reproduction.

Antagonistic Coevolution

The evolutionary relationship between two species, in which changes in the genetic composition of one species drive reciprocal changes in the genetic composition of the other.