What is the resource curse, and how does it impede long-term development?
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Countries that discover they have rich deposits of a valuable natural resource, such as oil, often have difficulty converting that sudden wealth into long-term economic growth. Often, the extraction of the wealth will lead to massive wealth creation for a few local elites involved in the industry or for government officials who can tax the proceeds. Corruption is a common result. Also, when great wealth is gained easily, it tends to devalue creative productivity in other industries, and this may hamper the more balanced growth of the economy as all the wealth is generated in the single resource sector.
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How do the United Farm Workers differ from other agricultural interest groups in Texas?
A. Their membership is strictly made up of immigrant laborers. B. They are the only Texas agricultural interest group that does not include livestock ranchers. C. They have been at odds with agricultural producers over laborers' working conditions. D. They are under the direct leadership of the Texas Agriculture Commissioner.
Machine politics aided in decentralizing power in large populous cities to better accomplish priorities
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President ___________________ had substantial foreign-policy experience--UN Ambassador, Ambassador to China, CIA Director, and Vice-President.
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The phrase, "you, as commanderÂinÂchief, can do what you wish with the military, but you cannot pay for it with public funds," refers to the congressional oversight known as
a. power of the purse. b. balance of power. c. checks and balances. d. "war powers.".