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The government can regulate not just businesses, but also business competition and prices.
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True
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Nobel economist Milton Friedman believes that government regulation of business interferes with the free enterprise system.
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True
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An agreement to charge an agreed-upon price or to set maximum or minimum prices between or among competitors is called price fixing but it is not per se a violation of the Sherman Act.
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False
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Governments may regulate prices but not credit terms.
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False
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Each of the states and the federal government have statutes and regulations that prohibit unfair methods of competition.
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True
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The Federal Trade Commission administers the law prohibiting unfair methods of competition.
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True
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An agreement between real estate brokers to never charge a commission less than 6% is not an example of price fixing.
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False
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The Sherman Act applies only to buying and selling activities, not manufacturing and production activities.
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False
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Having a large percentage of the market is not necessarily a monopoly.
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True
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Boycotts are always illegal, even when done with good intentions.
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True
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An administrative agency is a governmental body charged with administering and implementing legislation.
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True
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Administrative agencies may make the rules, police the community to see the rules are obeyed, and sit in judgment to determine violations of their rules.
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True
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Because administrative agencies have broad powers, they are subject to strict procedural rules as well as disclosure requirements.
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True
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The modern administrative agency typically possesses legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
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True
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The Freedom of Information Act provides access to any information upon request.
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False
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The public has access to the activity of administrative agencies in three ways: (1) open records, (2) open meetings, and (3) public announcement of agency guidelines.
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True
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The Administrative Procedure Act is a federal law that establishes the operating rules for administrative agencies.
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True
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The Sunshine Act requires most meetings of major administrative agencies to be open to the public.
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True
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In an emergency, an administrative agency can act beyond the scope of the statute that created it.
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False
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The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 extend the public availability of information to electronically stored data.
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True