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, which economic event sparked the decade-long economic crisis?

the Nixon administration’s wage and price “freeze”
the Carter administration’s refusal to support Israel
a sudden increase in oil prices in 1973
the end of the Vietnam War

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A sudden increase in oil prices in 1973.

The 1973 OPEC oil embargo/sharp oil-price rise produced a major supply shock that triggered the stagflation and prolonged economic malaise of the 1970s.