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jerry coleman

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After computing the social savings from the railroads, Fogel concluded that ______.
 a. the railroads were indispensable to the economic development of the United States
  b. the railroads were not indispensable in 1850 but by 1890 were dispensable
  c. the railroads could explain only a small fraction of the growth in real income in the United States
  d. economics is not sufficiently scientific to make a meaningful calculation of the social savings

Question 2

Albro Martin and the text contend that the work of the Interstate Commerce Commission was largely for the benefit of _________.
 a. consumers
  b. the environment
  c. the federal government
  d. major shippers



bpool94

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Answer to Question 1

c. the railroads could explain only a small fraction of the growth in real income in the United States.

Answer to Question 2

d. major shippers



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