Related to the Economics in Practice on P

question 109

Multiple Choice

Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 112: The National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs) were originally developed for the Commerce Department

• A) during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War.
• B) during the era of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
• C) at the onset of the Cold War in the 1950s.
• D) during the 1970s following the public distrust of the government from the Watergate scandal.

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