Economist mark thoma has written, "one of the difficulties in using fiscal policy to combat recessions is getting congress to agree on what measures to implement. automatic stabilizers bypass this difficulty by doing exactly what their name implies." source: mark thoma, "the importance of automatic stabilizers to the economy," cbsnews, january 25, 2010. automatic stabilizers are

Trade will take place: a. if the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is less than the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good. b. if the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is greater than the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good. c. only if the maximum that a consumer is willing and able to pay is equal to the minimum price the producer is willing and able to accept for a good. d. none of the above.