Multiple Choice
Arguments in favor of passive economic policy include all of the following except:
A) monetary and fiscal policies work with long and variable lags, which can produce destabilizing results.
B) economic forecasts have too large a margin of error to be useful in formulating stabilization policy.
C) recessions do not reduce economic well-being, so using monetary and fiscal policy for stabilization is unnecessary.
D) the Great Depression could have been avoided if the Federal Reserve had pursued a policy of steady money growth.
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