首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Consumers and producers obviously make decisions that mold the economy, but there is a third major element to consider — the rol
Consumers and producers obviously make decisions that mold the economy, but there is a third major element to consider — the rol
admin
2012-01-20
37
问题
Consumers and producers obviously make decisions that mold the economy, but there is a third major element to consider — the role of government. Government has a powerful effect on the economy in at least four ways:
Direct Services. The postal system, for example, is a federal system serving the entire nation, as is the large and complex military establishment. Conversely, the construction and maintenance of most highways is the responsibility of the individual states, and the public educational systems, despite a large funding role by the federal government, are primarily paid for by county or city governments. Police and fire protection and sanitation services are also the responsibilities of local government.
Regulation and Control. The government regulates and controls private enterprise in many ways, for the purpose of assuring that business serves the best interests of the people as a whole. Regulation is necessary in areas where private enterprise is granted a monopoly, such as in telephone or electric service, or in other areas where there is limited competition, as with railroads or airlines. Public policy permits such companies to make a reasonable profit, but limits their ability to raise prices unfairly (as defined by the regulators), since the public depends on their services. Often control is exercised to protect the public, as for example, when the Food and Drug Administration bans harmful drugs, or requires standards of quality in food. In other industries, government sets guidelines to ensure fair competition without using direct control.
Stabilization and Growth. Branches of government, including Congress and such entities as the Federal Reserve Board, attempt to control the extremes of boom and bust, of inflation and depression, by adjusting tax rates (including regulations pertaining to depreciation), the money supply, and the use of credit. They can also affect the economy through changes in the amount of public spending by the government itself.
Direct Assistance. The government provides many kinds of help to businesses and individuals. For example, tariffs permit certain products to remain relatively free of foreign competition; imports are sometimes taxed so that American products are able to compete better with certain foreign goods. Government also provides aid to farmers by subsidizing prices they receive for their crops. In quite a different area, government supports individuals who cannot adequately care for themselves, by making grants to working parents with dependent children, by providing medical care for the aged and the indigent, and through social insurance programs to help the unemployed and retirees. Government also supplies relief for the poor and help for the disabled.
The Food and Drug Administration was established for the purpose of ______.
选项
A、eliminating monopoly
B、supervising the standards of quality in food
C、fighting against the government’s control
D、fighting against the foreign competition
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/D6Xd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
CombatingFinancialCybercrimeThereisagrowingfinancialandeconomicthreat,athreattoallcountries,posedbyinterna
CombatingFinancialCybercrimeThereisagrowingfinancialandeconomicthreat,athreattoallcountries,posedbyinterna
BuickinChinaThefirstBuickmodeloffthelinewasjustthebeginningofGeneralMotors’longmarchintotheChinesemark
IsThereaWaytoKeeptheBritain’sEconomyGrowingIntoday’sknowledgeeconomy,nationssurviveonthethingstheydobes
IsThereaWaytoKeeptheBritain’sEconomyGrowingIntoday’sknowledgeeconomy,nationssurviveonthethingstheydobes
Intheeyesoftheauthor,anoddphenomenonnowadaysisthat______.Sweptbytheprevailingtrend,theauthor______.
HowoldistheearliestsurvivingexamplesofChineseprinting?
ThespeakerknowsafewChinesestudents.
随机试题
下列关于DNA碱基组成的叙述正确的是
第三代头孢菌素是在7-位的氨基侧链上有2-氨基噻唑-α-甲氧亚胺基乙酰基,对多数β-内酰胺酶高度稳定。属于第三代头孢菌素的药物是
小导管注浆施工应根据土质条件选择注浆法,在砂层中宜采用()注浆法。
()既可以在场外市场进行基金份额申购、赎回,又可以在交易所(场内市场)进行基金份额交易和基金份额申购或赎回。
银行的存款政策,客户中间业务情况,银行收益等因素会影响商业银行授信额度的决定,当这些因素为正面影响时,对授信限额的调节系数大于1。()
M省N市检察院发现N市中级人民法院作出的二审判决认定事实的主要证据未经质证。在此情况下,N市检察院应该如何处理?()
下列不属于我国民族政策内容的是()。
WomenhavebeendrivingyellowcabsinNewYorksincethe1940s,but99%ofdriversaremale.Evenamongdriversofcarsbooked
树中度为零的结点称为______。
ReadthefollowingpassageandchoosethecorrectanswerfromA,B,CandD.Moreandmore,theoperationofourbusinesses,
最新回复
(
0
)