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