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6. The free enterprise system in the United States is defined by four key
characteristics:
• Individual freedom
• Limited role of government
• Competition
• Profit motive
Write a short essay describing the U.S. free enterprise system in which you:
a. Describe each of the four characteristics listed.
b. Explain the three roles that the government has in this system, while providing
an example of each.
c. Respond to the following prompt: Which of the four characteristics do you
think is most important to the success of the U.S. economy, and why? And,
which of the three roles of government do you think is the most powerful, and
why?