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Which of the following gave the American economy a major boost in the years after World War II? 
 
(i) the return of thousands of veterans who were seeking jobs 
(ii) the conversion to a peacetime economy 
(iii) a pent-up demand for consumer goods 
(iv) a major drop in government spending

 

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I am not in favor of tariffs and quotas for a few reasons. Tariffs could hurt the economy of a country since it raises the cost of domestic producers which in result they have to sell less. They have to sometimes also eliminate jobs as well since there would be a loss in production due to the reduction of profit. If people are losing jobs then they are losing income which hurts other businesses as well since consumers impacted by job loss will spend less. As a result of all this, it impacts the economy of the country. After some research I found that the World Bank estimates that if barriers like tariffs were eliminated, the global economy would expand up to 830 billion dollars by 2015. Even though domestic and foreign producers benefit from quotas since they receive higher prices and less competition, it hurts consumers. If the demand of a certain product is high, yet if a quota is placed to limit the amount of the product that is being imported, then it is a disadvantage on the consumer’s part. I do understand the purpose of quotas which is to reduce the amount of competition between other markets, but being a consumer myself I would be against it.

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