14. The "tech bubble" burst of 2000, the terrorist attacks of 2001 and the corporate scandals of 2001 and
2002 all had similar qualitative effects on the economy. Which of the following is an appropriate description
of the mechanism that would have ensued?
(A) Household and business spending would have been eroded shifting the AD curve to the left.
(B) Unemployment would have risen and inflation would have fallen.
(C) Output would have declined below potential but through shifts in the AS curve, the self-correcting
mechanism of the AD-AS framework would have brought the unemployment rate down to the lower levels
we saw by 2004.
(D) all of the above