The Progressive Era of government regulation focused on
A) strengthening consumer protection by preventing credit agencies from gouging individuals with high levels of debt.
B) bolstering worker safety by increasing the power of unions and forcing better safety practices on businesses.
C) increasing environmental protection and strengthening the EPA.
D) regulating troubled economic sectors,such as banking.
E) stopping corrupt business practices,such as the selling of unsafe food and drugs.
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Q7: The _ established minimum wages.
A)Securities and Exchange
Q8: Economic efficiency requires
A)that the free market not
Q9: In The Wealth of Nations (1776),Adam Smith
Q10: What did Congress do in 1995 to
Q11: What happened after Lehman Brothers went out
Q13: Which of the following has been a
Q14: Which of the following is correct about
Q15: Advocates of deregulation are primarily concerned with
A)efficiency.
B)equity.
C)externalities.
D)public
Q16: _ wrote Silent Spring in 1962.
A)Al Gore
B)George
Q17: The Great Recession,which began in 2008,was precipitated
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