The correct answer is <span>The spikes and slumps can inhibit competition among businesses.
This is not a reason because the spikes and slumps can actually make the competition even greater, and when you're in the manufacturing and trading business you don't want competition since the competition will affect your earnings, and you want to maximize your earnings.</span>
The red guards carried out the cultural revolution by persecuting intellectuals and government officials
The answer would be opium (a drug) to trade for tea because the British didn’t want to pay silver for it and had lead to the opium wars which China had lost.
