Principles of Economics (Second Edition)
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Author: coppock, Lee; Mateer, Dirk
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 31, Problem 3QFR
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To explain:
The reason of incompetence of economy to restore to its long-run equilibrium.
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