What are the key policy roles of government in the economy, and how have they changed over time?

Readings:
1-Businesses in the Political Marketplace: Liberal-Democracy’s Conundrum Hale

2-Young, Kevin A., Tarun Banerjee, and Michael Schwartz. 2018. “Capital Strikes as a Corporate Political Strategy: The Structural Power of Business in the Obama Era.”
Politics & Society, no1:3.

Business-Government Relations: Weekly Memo
What are the key policy roles of government in the economy, and how have they changed over time?
What policies did the government need to implement to meet Canada’s continued economic and social changes?