Government Case Studies - Issues

This section looks at some issues that are raised by the policies you have tried, and considers whether they would have been adopted by the type of government you have chosen.

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Issues raised

Type of government?    LEFT-WING    or    RIGHT-WING

Policy type?

Would your government have adopted these policies? If not, why not?

What would your government have done differently with its tax policy?

What techniques would your government use for economic management?

Have these policies redistributed income in a way that your government would approve of?

Would your government have chosen to do the same to the level of government expenditure? If not, why not?

What would your government have been most likely to spend any extra money on? What area would it be most likely to cut first?

What would your government choose to do to the balance between direct and indirect taxation? What would it do to the level of indirect taxation?