Over the past two decades, the rate of growth of public education spending has been

a. considerably higher than the rate of growth of GDP
b. slightly higher than the rate of growth of GDP
c. the same as the rate of growth of GDP
d. considerably lower than the rate of growth of GDP
e. slightly lower than the rate of growth of GDP


B

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