Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit students will be able to

• describe the government as a producer of goods and services and as an employer;
• describe the aims of government policies, such as full employment, price stability, economic growth, redistribution of income, balance of payments stability;
• discuss the possible conflicts between government aims;
• describe the types of taxation (direct, indirect, progressive, regressive, proportional) and the impact of taxation;
• discuss the government’s influence (regulation, subsidies, taxes) on private producers.