Increased government spending for investments such as highways or harbors financed by increasing the public debt would most likely:

A. increase the amount of private capital stock in the future.
B. increase the amount of public capital stock in the future.
C. crowd out future public investment.
D. reduce the economy's future productive capacity.


Answer: B

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