1. How did the federal government help capitalist enterprises in the 1800s?

2. Give examples of ways in which the government can alter each determinant of the profit rate.

3. Describe the various means through which capitalists influence the government to adopt the policies they favor. What are some examples of such methods?

4. In the 1980s, Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca argued that Canadian auto plants had a big advantage over auto factories in the US, because Canada has a public health system and auto companies would not have to pay health care benefits to its workers or the autoworkers’ union. Should this fact cause U.S. automakers to lobby for a universal health care system in the United States.

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