Refer to the Following Figure When Answering the Following Questions

question 74

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure when answering the following questions.
Figure 18.2: Government Outlays and Receipts as a Percentage
of GDP, 1947-2012
-Consider Figure 18.2. What was the cause of the huge budget deficit beginning in 2007?

• A) the oil crisis
• B) the Great Recession
• C) President Reagan's defense expenditures
• D) the second Gulf War
• E) the Volcker recession

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Definitions:

Gender Differences

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