The phrase “national debt” refers to ______.

a. what children owe their parents in terms of child-rearing costs
b. what each generation owes the next in terms of a clean environment
c. a country’s accumulated deficits
d. the difference between a country’s annual tax intake and spending outflow
e. debt incurred as a consequence of running a trade deficit


c. a country’s accumulated deficits

Political Science

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The Supreme Court has held which the following to be expression outside the bounds of speech protected by the First Amendment?

A. wearing black armbands B. burning the American flag C. obscenity D. protesting at military funerals

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The nation's best-known public interest lobbyist for more than thirty years has been Ralph Nader

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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This “cousin” of cost–benefit analysis does not attempt to assign dollar values to potential benefits but instead assumes they will occur and looks for the cheapest way to achieve them.

A. cost-effectiveness analysis B. risk assessment C. program evaluation D. impact analysis

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Which of the following is an aspect that Jervis argues is missing from the Stag Hunt but present in international relations?

a. a fear of future defection b. an inherent desire for power c. the structural effects of anarchy d. an understanding of deterrence

Political Science