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sammy

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In the 1970s and 1980s, critics of high levels of state intervention
 
  in the economy blamed slow economic growth and high unemployment on a number of factors, including:
  a. low tax rates that contributed to economic inequality.
  b. deregulation that made it easy for businesses to push spillover costs onto the public.
  c. cuts in government spending that made it harder to address social problems.
  d. welfare policies that discouraged people from working.

Question 2

The driving force behind greater state intervention in the
 
  economy after World War II was:
  a. businesses hoping to benefit from more state expenditures.
  b. working-class voters.
  c. political parties seeking voters.
  d. the executive branch of government seeking more power.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b



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