What do public opinion polls suggest about government efforts to regulate the economy to protect from negative externalities?
a. An overwhelming majority of Americans feel that the government engages in too much regulation.
b. A majority favor more regulation of the food industry but less regulation with respect to drugs and the environment.
c. The American public believes government should be doing at least as much as it is currently doing to regulate food, drugs, the environment, and workplace safety.
d. Most Americans do not support any form of economic regulation.
c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A. Interest groups threatened a free society and so should be made illegal to prevent them from forming. B. A system of government must encourage the participation of interest groups in order to give each segment of society an equal voice. C. The power of interest groups should be diluted by submerging their interests in a sea of competing interests. D. Interest groups were valuable as long as they were few and powerful. E. interest groups were a threat to democracy because the majority should rule in all matters.