Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In the social democratic welfare state, one of the main goals is to achieve greater social equality.
2. When markets do not perform their expected functions it is called market failure.
3. Liberal welfare states are more concerned with individual autonomy than with reducing poverty and inequality.
4. Social insurance provides benefits to categories of people who have contributed to a public insurance fund.
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
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A. The Bill of Rights B. The commerce clause C. The McCulloch v. Maryland decision D. The necessary and proper clause E. The Supreme Court
Making decisions in terms of the most likely future circumstances is implied by
a. systems management. b. PERT analysis. c. Total Quality Management. d. strategic management.
Which of the following statements about the Occupy Wall Street movement is true?
a. Fewer Americans support its goals than support the goals of the Tea Party movement. b. Most of its concerns have been addressed by government so it is unlikely that it will appear again. c. The issues of concern to the Occupy Wall Street movement are consistent with the views of a substantial number of Americans. d. It has coalesced into a political party that successfully elected its first candidate to political office in 2012.
The textbook authors argue: "Rome represents the ultimate historical expression of the imperial international system." This is due to the fact that:
A. it managed to legitimize itself in the eyes of most of its subjects. B. it conquered more people than any other empire. C. The Roman military was so superior. D. it employed a unique "divide and conquer" strategy. E. it lasted the longest.