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1、7A版优质实用文档 TheAmericaneconomicsystemisorganizedaroundabasicallyprivate-enterprise,market-orientedeconomyinwhichconsumerslargelydeterminewhatshallbeproducedbyspendingtheirmoneyinthemarketplaceforthosegoodsandservicesthattheywantmost.Privatebusinessmen.stri
2、vingtomakeprofits,producethesegoodsandservicesincompetitionwithotherbusinessmen;andtheprofitmotive,operatingundercompetitivepressures,largelydetermineshowthesegoodsandservicesareproduced.Thus,intheAmericaneconomicsystemitisthedemandofindividualconsumers,c
3、oupledwiththedesireofbusinessmentomaGimizeprofitsandthedesireofindividualstomaGimizetheirincomes,thattogetherdeterminewhatshallbeproducedandhowresourcesareusedtoproduceit. Animportantfactorinamarket-orientedeconomyisthemechanismbywhichconsumerdemandscanb
4、eeGpressedandrespondedtobyproducers.IntheAmericaneconomy,thismechanismisprovidedbyapricesystem,aprocessinwhichpricesriseandfallinresponsetorelativedemandsofconsumersandsuppliesofferedbysellerproducers.Iftheproductisinshortsupplyrelativetothedemand,thepric
5、ewillbebidupandsomeconsumerswillbeeliminatedfromthemarket.If,ontheotherhand,producingmoreofacommodityresultsinreducingitscost,thiswilltendtoincreasethesupplyofferedbyseller-producers.whichinturnwilllowerthepriceandpermitmoreconsumerstobuytheproduct.Thus,p
6、riceistheregulatingmechanismintheAmericaneconomicsystem.347A版优质实用文档7A版优质实用文档 Theimportantfactorinaprivate-enterpriseeconomyisthatindividualsareallowedtoownproductiveresources(privateproperty),andtheyarepermittedtohirelabor,gaincontrolovernaturalresources
7、,andproducegoodsandservicesforsaleataprofit.IntheAmericaneconomy,theconceptofprivatepropertyembracesnotonlytheownershipofproductiveresourcesbutalsocertainrights,includingtherighttodeterminethepriceofaproductortomakeafreecontractwithanotherprivateindividua
8、l. 51.InLine7,Para.1,"thedesireofindividualstomaGimizetheirincomes"means________. [A]Americansareneversatisfiedwiththeirincomes [B]Americanstendtooverstatetheirincomes [C]Americanswanttohavetheirincomesincreased
