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The "standard" view of the budget deficit (in contrast with our book's market-clearing, "Ricardian equivalence" model) is that a deficit:
a. and the public debt are a burden on the economy
b. does not affect the economy in the short run
c. does not affect the economy in the long run
d. encourages economic growth