● consumer of resources (e.g. employer, landowner)
● supplier of resources (e.g. infrastructure, information/data)
● consumer of goods and services (e.g. via government spending)
● supplier of goods and services (e.g. nationalised industries)
● regulator of business activity (e.g. consumer law, employment law)
● redistributor of income and wealth (e.g. via the taxation system)
● promoter of economic development (e.g. via aid to industry)
● regulator of the economy (e.g. via fiscal and monetary policy).