The Pure Food and Drug Act is an illustration of:?

Question

A. governmenta provision of public goods

B. the redistributional function of government

C. governmenta provision of a suitable legal framework for the market system

D. governmental action designed to enchance competition.

Answer 1

None of the options you provide is adequate or satisfactory! The FDA created by the Food and Drug Act was the result of actions intended to protect the health and safety of the people of the US. Read Upton Sinclair's book entitled " The Jungle" which blew the lid off the unsanitary working practices of the meat-packing industry in Chicago. See--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sincl...

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That is, if you really want to know why the Act was passed!