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President Coolidge’s statement, "The business of America is business," still points to an important truth today-that business in
President Coolidge’s statement, "The business of America is business," still points to an important truth today-that business in
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President Coolidge’s statement, "The business of America is business," still points to an important truth today-that business institutions have more prestige in American society than any other kind of organization, including the government. Why do business institutions possess this great prestige?
One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society. Since competition is seen as the major source of progress and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are respected. Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by which other basic American values, such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work, are protected.
Competition protects the freedom of the individual by ensuring that there is no monopoly of power. In contrast to one, all-powerful government, many businesses compete against each other for profits. Theoretically, if one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to competing business that treats its customers more fairly. Where many businesses compete for the customers’ dollar, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves.
A contrast is often made between business, which is competitive, and government, which is a monopoly. Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it is more supportive of freedom than government; even though government leaders are elected by the people while business leaders are not. Many Americans believe, then, that competition is as important as, or even more important than, democracy in preserving freedom.
Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the ideal of equality of opportunity. Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to the swiftest person regardless of his or her social class background. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American alternative to social rank based on family background. Business is therefore viewed as an expression of the idea of equality of opportunity rather than the aristocratic idea of inherited privilege.
The statement" The business of America is business" probably means" ______ ".
选项
A、the business institutions in America are concerned with commerce
B、business problems are of great importance to the American government
C、business is of primary concern to Americans
D、america is a great power in world business
答案
C
解析
由第一段可推断,这句话强调的是商业对美国的重要性。句中第一个business指值得某人关注的事,比如,It’s none of your business.
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