Original Explanation
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1. The passage suggests which of the following about the deficit spending mentioned in the highlighted text?
OA: AThe second paragraph notes that deficit spending is something both traditional and post-Keynesians agree on as a solution to certain inefficiencies.
Choice (A) doesnt represent all of that, but it does state something true, that traditional Keynesians support it as a method.
Choice (B) is too extreme, using the phrase "solves all of the problems."
(C) is inaccurate, as it sounds like de
cit spending is an aspect of this theory, but not necessarily a key aspect.
(D) is wrong, as traditional Keynesians favor "long run" analysis.
(E) is also incorrect, as deficit spending and "pump-priming" are two terms for the same concept.
(A) is correct.
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2. The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the idea of time mentioned in the first sentence of the passage?
OA:EMost of the passage is about time in some form or other, so rather than trying to predict the parameters of an answer, proceed through the choices.
(A) is too strong, as the author doesnt tell us that post-Keynesians represent a particularly "trenchant" critique.
(B) is an irrelevant comparison, as the passage doesn't discuss any other applications. We don't know it applies most directly to the labor market.
(C) is another irrelevant comparison ("most?") and the author doesnt take a stance on whether it is a problem.
Choice (D) conflates theory (the level at which we talk about "historical time," for instance) and actual real-life effects, such as those brought about by
deficit spending. A theoretical concept isn't what wreaks havoc with something in the real world.
(E) finally, is correct. The whole reason that time is discussed is to describe where two schools of thought diverge.
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3. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is true about traditional Keynesians?
OA:ATraditional Keynesians play a large part in this passage, but their specific positions are not often defined; we may have to look for an answer that represents
something different from what we know about the positions of post-Keynesians.
Choice (A) is exactly that. We know that Keynesians generally support deficit spending to solve short- and medium-term inefficiencies, and that post-
Keynesians differ in that they focus on more than just those inefficiencies. Thus, it can be inferred that traditional Keynesians are not interested in other things
("That is the extent of the story for the traditional Keynesian").
(B) misrepresents the passage, in which Keynesians are said to generally support deficit spending/"pump priming."
(C) gets the distinction backwards; traditional Keynesians use "logical time."
(D) is up for debate, as "many post-Keynesians believe that the movement known as Keynesianism actually represents a severe divergence from the ideas of Keynes."
Most of (E) is correct, but it is unclear in the passage whether traditional Keynesians are neoclassical economists.