If the economy has no automatic stabilizers built in, the multiplier will
A. be smaller than it would have been with automatic stabilizers.
B. be zero.
C. be larger than it would have been with automatic stabilizers.
D. be infinitely larger than it would have been with automatic stabilizers.
Answer: C
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