Question

Sweetland is a nation that publicly supports a free market economy with private ownership of businesses. Over time, the government of Sweetland has developed policies designed to help the needy and reduce the level of income inequality. It pays for these programs by levying relatively high taxes on businesses and workers. These arrangements suggest that the economy of Sweetland is best classified as a mixed economyA. True B. False

Answer 1

Answer:

B. False

Explanation:

It is false at least because 3 reasons: Sweetland is not intervening in the economy by executing economic activities, all are based on private effort. Sweetland is not changing the regulatory framework to change the rules of the economy, so market forces command prices and levels of supply and demand. Sweetland is using a well recognized public function (taxes) to improve a social outcome (income inequality), that is not related to economy