Which of the following forms of affirmative action is unconstitutional?
A. a quota for hiring minority teachers in a public school district seeking to have a more diverse faculty
B. a quota on hiring black firefighters in an urban area with a history of court-documented discrimination
C. a federal mandate for highway contractors to advertise for employees widely
D. a court ordered affirmative action admissions policy for a university found to have discriminated in the past
Answer: A
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a. Increases b. Decreases c. Do not change d. Eliminates
(I) Countries with more economic freedom during the past quarter of a century had a lower average per capita GDP. (II) Countries with more economic freedom during the past quarter of a century generally achieved higher rates of economic growth
a. Both I and II are true. b. Both I and II are false. c. I is true; II is false. d. I is false; II is true.
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A. if the society is not getting richer, then things can never become more equal. B. it is fundamentally unjust for some people to have so much when others have so little. C. if everyone is getting richer, the relative speed of these gains isn't as important. D. All of these are true.