Government is viewed in the economic way of thinking as many different people interacting on the basis of
A) fear of punishment rather than hope for reward.
B) legal considerations rather than profitability.
C) prevailing property rights.
D) principles of cooperation rather than of competition.
E) regard for the public interest rather than private interest.
Question 2
The slope of the line on a line chart measures the rate of change in:
A) only the independent variable.
B) only the dependent variable.
C) the dependent variable as the independent variable changes.
D) the independent variable as the dependent variable changes.