Question: 2 . This is a three - part question. In Canvas notes, I refer to the textbook's plot of the Real Economy ( Over Time...

2. This is a three-part question. In Canvas notes, I refer to the textbook's plot of the "Real Economy (Over Time...)," See pg.503(Mankiw,10\({}^{\text {th }}\) ed.), showing Real GDP from 1970-2020. The plot shows approximate, average 3\% growth per annum. Yet people remain dissatisfied perhaps for 2 reasons.
a.(4 points)[Students who have an earlier edition of the text should find a classmate with the \(10^{\text {th }}\) edition.] Using paper and pencil, replicate the graph. Notate by drawing arrows to periods where there was a contraction in the economy. Indicate whether the contraction constituted a recession using the standard, widely (though not universally) accepted definition of a recession.
b.(3 points) Explain why and how people's tendency to be risk averse makes them dissatisfied even when the economy has, over 50 years, experienced only a small number of recessions and an average increase in GDP per year. Recommend using a depiction to explain risk aversion.
c.(3 points) Reasons other than risk aversion that might leave people dissatisfied with an economy of significant GDP growth and few recessions. Name and briefly explain three (3) reasons.
2 . This is a three - part question. In Canvas

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