Economics: Private and Public Choice
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ISBN: 9781337642224
Author: James D. Gwartney; Richard L. Stroup; Russell S. Sobel
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 15, Problem 2CQ
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Compare the instability during the past sixty years with instability prior to World War II and identify the evidence.
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