现在等您的回答Thus,in the American economic system it is the demand

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Thus,in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers ,coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes,that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.这个强调句中,可以不用coupled with 看成是并列句式the demand of individual consumers ,the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes,这样理解可以吗?