Fiscal policy under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act took the form of:Select one:O a. government spending alone.O b. a mix of government spending and tax cuts.O c. tax cuts alone.O d. neither government spending nor tax cuts.

The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) represented a monumental effort by the U.S.…

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Fiscal policy under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act took the form of: Select one: O a. government spending alone. O b. a mix of government spending and tax cuts. O c. tax cuts alone. O d. neither government spending nor tax cuts.