Claim: In order to help small businesses thrive, government should play a minimal role in private business matters.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
A government with a laissez faire attitude will not necessarily help small businesses thrive. While it is reasonable to expect minimal interference in private business decisions by the government, small businesses need governmental support and appropriate regulatory oversight to ensure an even playing field.
An overbearing state that exerts control over the factors of production or intervenes in private business decisions for nefarious reasons certainly impedes progress in the private sector. The emergence of highly individualistic liberal philosophies at the onset of the industrial revolution was driven by the need to carve out a space for businesses to operate freely. It bears mentioning that back then there was a conflict of interest between the feudal state and private business interests.
However, the modern era is marked by the dominance of large corporations. For instance, in the current "internet age" data is widely considered to be the new oil. Most of the world's data is under the control of four giant corporations, namely Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. These technological giants have extended their control through acquisitions of smaller companies in the field, among several other strategies. A widely known example is Facebook's acquisition of both Whatsapp and Instagram. Even if they cannot acquire smaller firms, given their vast resources, large corporations can easily compete with the former. For instance, consider Facebook's introduction of a feature whereby users can upload "stories" that last for 24 hours across all its platforms, a feature that was responsible for the popularity of its rival Snapchat.
Notably, this sector has now become the focus of governments across the world as they seek to grapple with the consequences of these oligopolistic structures, alongside other challenges, to regulate data. Thus, in both the data economy and other sectors, small businesses require support from governments in the form of anti-trust and competition laws coupled easier access to finance and expertise. For instance, the Indian government has identified the development of start-ups as a policy priority. Hence, not only has it sought to institute laws that limit the possibility of large corporations simply buying off competition, but it has also established several incubators and accelerators that empower small businesses by providing access to resources, both financial and technical, that they need to succeed.
In conclusion, without state support, the private sector would be a Hobbesian world where might is right. While it is important to prevent governments from misusing their influence to push forward parochial interests, this does not preclude the possibility of their playing a positive role.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 186, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'worlds'' or 'world's'?
Suggestion: worlds'; world's
...nsidered to be the new oil. Most of the worlds data is under the control of four giant...
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Line 13, column 261, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...he data economy and other sectors, small businesses require support from governme...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, so, then, thus, while, for instance, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 19.5258426966 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 59.0 58.6224719101 101% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2387.0 2235.4752809 107% => OK
No of words: 419.0 442.535393258 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.6968973747 5.05705443957 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52432199235 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14767731468 2.79657885939 113% => OK
Unique words: 244.0 215.323595506 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.582338902148 0.4932671777 118% => OK
syllable_count: 744.3 704.065955056 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.4005268003 60.3974514979 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.611111111 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.2777777778 23.4991977007 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5 5.21951772744 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.172341060083 0.243740707755 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0526055255226 0.0831039109588 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.057809910208 0.0758088955206 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.108933382481 0.150359130593 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0788035105041 0.0667264976115 118% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 14.1392134831 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 31.21 48.8420337079 64% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 12.1743820225 120% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.08 12.1639044944 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.17 8.38706741573 121% => OK
difficult_words: 143.0 100.480337079 142% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 16.0 11.8971910112 134% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 11.7820224719 136% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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