Answer: False
Explanation:
The statement that "Paul Krugman argues that although strategic trade policy looks unappealing in theory, in practice it is most likely to be workable" is false.
According to Paul Krugman, a strategic trade policy will be captured by the special-interest groups that are within the economy and this will bring about it's distortion and therefore it's unlikely to be workable.
Answer: the government rarely intervened in the economy to influence inflation or unemployment rates.
Explanation:
Up until the Great Depression of 1929 to 1932, the government followed a laissez-faire policy where they rarely intervened in the market to influence inflation or unemployment rate.
After the Great Depression and then the second world war, this changed and the Federal government became very active in the economy through fiscal policy and massive government spending enabled the U.S. to surge ahead of other nations in terms of development.
