Who would you prefer make economic decisions for you, government leaders or yourself?

It all depends on the person I think Some people have more experience in the economic field than others. So it really all depends on yourself. If you are known for your poor economic decisions you should let the government leaders do your economic decisions.

Explanation:

an expansion is one of two basic business cycle phases; the other is contraction. the transition from expansion to contraction is a peak, and the changeover from contraction to expansion is a trough.

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.