By studying what they call the "household deficit," economists have determined that
a. there has been a decrease in real wages.
b. that inflation has had little impact on household spending.
c. the rate of household indebtedness has declined slightly since 1980.
d. the difference between what people earn and what they spend has escalated in the final decades of the 20th century.
e. all of these choices
d
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