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Question 1.
Access to information in the new economy tends to be evenly distributed among social groups in America.


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Question 2.
Americans tend to favor the concentration of economic power in the hands of bigger, more efficient corporations.


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Question 3.
Antitrust policy is the only way in which the government is able to regulate business.


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Question 4.
Democracy regularly facilitates an economic policy that looks after general rather than specific interests.


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Question 5.
Fiscal policy is shaped mostly by the Congress and the president.


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Question 6.
In general, liberals would favor letting business and the free market create new jobs and prepare people for them.


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Question 7.
Recent rises in inflation can be tied to soaring prices for energy.


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Question 8.
Right-to-work laws allow workers to enjoy the benefits of union negotiations without contributing dues to support the union.


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Question 9.
Some American corporations control assets larger than the governmental budgets of most of the world's nations.


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Question 10.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the unemployment rate as the total number of adults without jobs.


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Question 11.
The federal government has always been just a silent partner in American business.


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Question 12.
The federal government has largely ignored the plight of consumers.


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Question 13.
The instruments for controlling the economy are relatively easy to use.


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Question 14.
The president has the ultimate influence over the policies of the Federal Reserve System.


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Question 15.
Unlike most policy-making in the United States, the power to make economic policy is highly centralized.


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