The fallacy in the strict crowding-out argument comes from supposing that

a. the Federal Reserve always accommodates the U.S. Treasury in its financing of the deficit.
b. corporations always outbid small businesses for government contracts.
c. the economy's flow of saving is fixed.
d. investors will spend more when G increases.


c

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