An "externality" occurs when
a. environmentalists protest.
b. pollution is controlled by bringing in outside people and technology. c. a firm imposes unwanted costs on others.
d. the economy is weak.
c
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Legislation in the late-nineteenth century weakened which traditional feature of American bureaucracy?
a. Hiring salaried professionals to act as experts b. Giving bureaucratic jobs to political supporters c. Using private contractors to perform public works d. Allowing state legislatures to fill most federal positions
All of the following issues or developments have affected and will affect local government except
a. the necessity for increased strategic planning. b. the loss of population in metropolitan areas. c. the desirability of increased interlocal cooperation. d. increased needs for funding. e. the need for ordinance-making power for counties.
Federal grants to the states have increased because
A) people have demanded fewer federally supervised programs. B) crime has substantially increased. C) new security concerns have prompted many federal security mandates. D) Congress has decided to offload some programs onto the states and to help fund them. E) states have more power over foreign trade policy now than they once did.
The Texas Constitution requires that the comptroller of public accounts and the attorney general be elected statewide
Indicate whether the statement is true or false