The level of government payments ________ as prices fell and costs ________ in the 1980s, and ________ dramatically as prices rose in the 2000s

If financial markets were perfect, financial intermediaries would

A) be illegal. B) handle roughly half of all finance. C) be the conduit of all finance. D) probably not exist.

What have been the poverty trends in the past forty-five years?

What will be an ideal response?