Identify each of the following situations as something that either promotes growth or retards growth.

a. Increasing corruption allows government officials to steal people’s homes.

b. A nation introduces patent laws for the first time.

c. A court order shuts down all banks permanently.

d. A poor country extends free public schooling from 8 years to 12 years.

e. A nation adopts a free-trade policy.

f. A formerly communist country adopts free markets.