Market-Based Supply-Side Policy: Real-World Examples

Worked IB Economics case study on market-based supply-side policy — what happened, how to deploy it in a 15-mark answer, and the evaluation points on both sides.

Airplane, freight truck and telephone network representing U.S. deregulation

Market-Based Supply-Side Policy

U.S. Deregulation of Transportation and Telecommunications

United States1978 to 1996

U.S. reforms opened airlines, trucking and telecommunications to more competition, lowering many prices while creating new trade-offs.

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