According to the passage about economists and the free market, what does not seem good or normal in their view?

Introduction / Context:
This question tests careful reading of a complex sentence in a passage about free market economics. The author comments on the mindset of many economists in the United States and how this mindset affects their judgment of what is normal or good in economic life.

Given Data / Assumptions:
• The passage states that most economists seem captivated by the spell of the free market.
• It then says that consequently nothing seems good or normal that does not accord with the requirements of the free market.
• The focus is on the economists' perception of what is good or normal.
• We must interpret the phrase nothing seems good or normal that does not accord with.

Concept / Approach:
The key is to understand the logical structure: because economists admire the free market, they see only those things that fit free market requirements as good or normal. Everything that fails to meet these requirements appears not good or not normal to them.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Identify the cause and effect relationship in the sentence: captivated by the free market leads to a particular judgment. Step 2: Focus on the phrase nothing seems good or normal that does not accord with the requirements. Step 3: Rephrase it in simpler language: anything that does not match free market rules is seen as bad or abnormal. Step 4: Compare this rephrasing with the given options. Step 5: Select the option that directly states that things which do not accord with free market requirements seem not good or normal.

Verification / Alternative check:
If we read only the main clause that follows consequently, we see that the author clearly defines what fails to seem good or normal: practices and policies that do not fit free market demands. This directly supports the correct option.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
The new interest in free market: This is the cause, not what seems abnormal.
Being captivated by the spell of the free market: This describes the economists' attitude, not what they judge.
The economists who are captivated by the free market: These are people, not the practices being judged as good or bad.

Common Pitfalls:
Students may get lost in the long sentence and pick an option that merely repeats part of the text. It is important instead to identify the object of the phrase nothing seems good or normal, which refers to anything that does not accord with free market requirements.

Final Answer:
The correct answer is that which does not accord with the requirement of the free market, because the passage states that such things do not seem good or normal to the economists described.