According to the World Health Organization,
a. women are more likely than men to die in extreme weather disasters.
b. men are more likely than women to die in extreme weather disasters because men are more likely to be responsible for other family members.
c. gender differences do not explain death rates in extreme weather disasters, but age differences do account for differences in vulnerability to death and injury.
d. lack of funding from the richest of the world's states has prevented organizations like the World Heath Organization from conducting research on gender differences in survival rates for adults and children in areas affected by extreme weather.
A
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Decentralization of governmental authority comprises one of the central components of which perspective?
a. realism b. state sovereignty c. world order d. ethnic autonomy e. None of the above is correct.
Which of these ideas was first advanced by Adam Smith?
a. Human beings are fundamentally moral. b. Self-interest can produce social benefits. c. Governments have a role in preserving traditions. d. The government is inherently hostile to individual rights.
When the Fed sells a bond, it
A. invests the proceeds in the stock market to aid economic development. B. removes money from circulation, equivalent to the value of the bond. C. increases the amount of money available to make loans and buy goods. D. uses the profits to decrease the federal debt. E. deposits the money it receives from the sale in one of its member banks.
Pocketbook and sociotropic calculations can be
a. satisficing. b. a voting paradox. c. standard operating procedures. d. retrospective or prospective. e. transferred.