Which of the following occurs when consumers decide to save every penny of a tax cut, knowing that this tax cut must be financed by future tax increases?
A. Keynesian offset
B. Ricardian equivalence
C. Fiscal balancing
D. Animal spirits
Ans: B. Ricardian equivalence
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