Since This Characteristic Is So Essential to an Efficient Market

question 47

Multiple Choice

Since this characteristic is so essential to an efficient market economy, governments intervene in order to preserve it. What is this characteristic?

• A) business cooperation with government
• B) business opposition to regulation
• C) government support of business endeavor
• D) competition among businesses
• E) the profit motivation

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Biologists

Scientists who study the processes that have given rise to the diversity of life on Earth, focusing on natural selection, genetic drift, mutations, and gene flow.

Plumage

The feathers of a bird, often used in the context of coloration and patterns that are used for identification, attraction, or camouflage.

Heritable

Traits or characteristics that can be passed from one generation to the next through genes.

Basket-Weaving

The craft or activity of creating baskets using materials like wicker, cane, or reed by hand.