A new and implied political contract had evolved during the claimant years. The terms of this revised understanding between the rulers and the ruled stated (in effect) that Question 6 options: government would stop meddling in the affairs of private enterprise the public would bestow more power on government in exchange for effective steps in maintaining the good economy the public would blink a blind eye to the indiscretion of public officials so long as they delivered the goods government would guarantee a level of income so long as the constituents would not attempt to game the system