Before the Great Depression of the 1930s, most economists believed that

a. only active government policy could prevent recessions or inflation.
b. a capitalist economy had a natural tendency to cure recessions or inflation.
c. a capitalist economy had a natural tendency to inflation.
d. recessions and depressions were inevitable until the economy broke down completely.

b

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