Which Statement Creates the Best Picture of Capitalism

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which statement creates the best picture of capitalism?

• A) Industrial capitalism is characterized by pools, trusts, holding companies and an interpenetration of banking, insurance and industrial interests.
• B) Mercantile capitalism emerged in the United States in the period directly following the civil war.
• C) In state welfare capitalism the government plays an active role in regulating economic activities in an effort to smooth out the boom-and-bust pattern of the business cycle.
• D) Financial capitalism developed in the period immediately prior to the Renaissance.

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