In response to the Great Depression, economist John Maynard Keynes
A. wrote that capitalism had failed and that it was time for the United States to experiment with communism.
B. was a big supporter of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.
C. felt that the government should tighten the money supply.
D. urged the government to expand the money supply and undertake public works to provide jobs.
E. proposed that the government should do nothing and wait out the economic hard times.
Answer: D
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A. a champion of business cooperation. B. a paragon of conservative America. C. an internationalist in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson. D. an enemy of wealth and privilege. E. a believer in passive government.