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by advita » Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:01 pm
The science of economics, which for four decades was dominated by Keynesians, who at first stressed the government's role in stimulating the economy, but who were ultimately led away from solutions based on government intervention.
(A) economics, which for four decades was
(B) economics that was to be
(C) economics, one which has, for four decades, been
(D) economics is one that for four decades has been
(E) economics, for four decades, is one that was


NO OA... but IMO E is the answer.
Source: other forum.
just got it while looking for economic topic.

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by krazy800 » Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:13 pm
check the following link:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/827-t16687.h ... nto-15-645

hope it answers your query.
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by this_time_i_will » Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:40 pm
imo D.
can we talk about the use of has been in D.
I think present perfect is used because science of economics still exists.

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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:12 pm
this_time_i_will wrote:imo D.
can we talk about the use of has been in D.
I think present perfect is used because science of economics still exists.
The issue is not the continued existence of economics but the continued dominance of Keynesian thought. The "is" earlier in the sentence covers economics' existence.

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