Which of the following would be a stabilizing force, one that would make an original disturbance smaller rather than larger? When demand for oil rises, the price rises, discouraging use of oil. When people expect higher prices, they rush to buy before the price rises. People spend more when they are optimistic, and they become more optimistic as the economy expands. When people spend more, increasing total spending, business responds by spending more on investment. Choose the most correct answer by clicking a button, or by typing a letter from the keyboard and pressing the tab key. According to the reading, Keynes emphasized: the stabilizing forces in the economy. the destabilizing forces in the economy. that the stabilizing forces dominated in the long run, but not in the short run. that the destabilizing forces dominated in the long run, but not in the short run. Choose the most correct answer by clicking a button, or by typing a letter from the keyboard and pressing the tab key.