One political reason that natural resource wealth like oil can still leave a country as a whole with a low per capita GDP is
A) because of oil wealth there is no need to invest in education.
B) oil companies pay well, driving up costs in an economy.
C) oil money often leads to corruption in government.
D) oil wealth gets distributed widely through democratic channels.
E) wildly fluctuating oil prices make it hard to plan.
C
You might also like to view...
The Texas Constitution requires that all gubernatorial appointees (except personal staff)
A) be supported by the senator from their home district. B) be confirmed by a simple majority vote of both houses of the legislature. C) be confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the Texas Senate. D) resign any private employment they have at the time of their confirmation.
A set of ideas, values, and beliefs about government and society that helps people make sense of their world is ______.
a. political culture b. ideologies c. public opinion d. public policy
Walter Lippman's view of the press was ______.
A. holding politicians accountable for all of their actions B. providing the information a good citizen needed to know to function in a democracy C. engaging in muckraking so that the endemic corruption would be exposed and citizens should be cynical of their government D. working closely with politicians to gently lead the public in the right direction on the most important matters of public policy
__________ was the Senator from Wisconsin who led a crusade against communist influence in government
a. Jesse Helms c. Joseph R. McCarthy b. Al Gore d. John Bricker