Which of the following is most likely to intensify a cyclical downturn?

a. a war coupled with a major improvement in communications technology
b. substantially higher interest rates coupled with an increase in marginal propensity tosave
c. the invention of the silicon chip coupled with the invention of a new energy source
d. increase in capital stock coupled with the invention of high-definition television
e. a war coupled with a severe drought


B

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