According to the data depicted in Figure 5.1 (Cause for Concern?: What Americans [Don't] Know About Politics), what percentage of Americans can name the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. about 10 percent
b. about 20 percent
c. about 25 percent
d. about 30 percent
Answer: a
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__________believe that political partisanship and polarization have prevented compromise that could result in more effective public policy
a) Centrists b) Special interest groups c) Libertarians d) Moral majority
The overriding belief of _______________ is that states, like individuals, must remain free from government intervention
a. globalization b. neo-positivism c. Marxism d. neoliberalism e. transnationalism
Which of the following is the best description of a negative externality?
a. an economic transaction that favors the buyer b. an economic transaction that favors the seller c. prices for a product that taxes force beyond the affordable reach of those earning an average income d. an unintended cost imposed on someone not involved in an economic transaction
About one-third of the bills proposed in Congress receive full passage
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