Congress Enacts a Statute to Outlaw a Specific Type of Anticompetitive

question 25

Multiple Choice

Congress enacts a statute to outlaw a specific type of anticompetitive business agreement. Like other laws that regulate economic competition, this law is referred to as

• A) a federal trade commission act.
• B) an antitrust law.
• C) an interstate commerce act.
• D) a suppressive restraint on trade.

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Definitions:

Progressive Tax

A tax in which the average tax rate rises with income. People with higher incomes will pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes.

Proportional Tax

A tax in which the average tax rate is the same at all income levels. Everyone pays the same percentage of income in taxes.

Regressive Tax

A tax in which the average tax rate falls with income. People with higher incomes will pay a lower percentage of their income in taxes.

Neutral Tax

A tax system that is designed to have a neutral impact on the economic choices and behaviors of individuals and businesses, not favoring one decision over another.