Selected any two of the measures/indexes noted above and determine whether the US government's impact on business and/or the US economy has increased or decreased over the last 10 (or more) years. Please notice, this activity is about the government's actions & policies. Therefore you should be looking at measures of government activities and then compare that action/policies to some measure(s) of the economy. During previous semesters some students wrongly looked exclusively at GDP/cap by itself as a response to this activity. Don't do that. Instead, find data about the US government's activities over several years and compare that information to data about the US economy during those same years. The answer to this activity is thus a comparison of two types of information. Some indexes, if they exist, may/could do that comparison within one measure. In your response, include data (chart or table), a written explanation (in full sentences) of your findings, and all your sources

We now turn to the data and numbers about the regulation of business. Let's commence with two more points. First, like previous lessons, the quantitative portion of this lesson will include data about entire nations since a preponderance of the related literature compares countries. Based on availability, we'll also look at (and search for) information about om' state and perhaps portions of NJ. Second, the indexes you'll be looking at were developed by associations and think tanks that have specic political ideologies. In other words, they may have created measures for a particular political purpose and to use them as a means of advocating for a specic political agenda (le wing or right wing, etc.). So, as you read and investigate the numbers and data, be critical thinkers in the sense that you should be evaluating their methodology and assessing whether you believe a particular index is valid. The assigned readings this week both explain some of the uses and limitations of the indexes you'll learn about. The readings will show you how the indexes are used in research to assess the impact of regulations on business and economics. Even more specically, you'll read about the impact of regulation on economic growth and business activity. Peruse the data sources noted below before doing the activities. You'll see how the various measures of regulation and business climate differ regarding what is used as data inputs and also how the rankings differ. Key Terms Doing Business Index (World Bank) Regulatory Climate Index (Chamber of Commerce) Consumer Tax Index (The Fraser Institute)