Question

In a free enterprise system, governments address public problems through policy to ensure that
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citizens' needs are met and protected.
citizens' needs are met and protected.

economic operations of businesses are controlled.
economic operations of businesses are controlled.

workers earn more than workers in other countries.
workers earn more than workers in other countries.

the nation's level of productivity remains steady.

Answer 1

citizens' needs are met and protected.

In a free-enterprise system the government intervenes mainly to provide public goods, enforce property rights and contracts, correct market failures, and protect consumers and workers—not to control businesses or guarantee relative wages or steady productivity.