Since Saudi Arabia has great wealth from its vast oil reserves, it can literally give its citizens financial rewards each month. Saudi Arabia is, therefore, known as a(n)
a. welfare state.
b. entitled state.
c. rentier state.
d. capitalist state.
e. socialist state.
c
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The ______ Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights as a solution to a problem raised by James Madison—namely, that the specification of particular liberties might suggest that individuals possessed only those specified
a. Seventh b. Eighth c. Ninth d. Tenth
Contractionary fiscal policy may be used to
a. combat inflation b. increase real output c. increase income d. increase employment
__________ advocate that taxes on higher-income individuals should be kept low to allow them to save and invest to stimulate the economy
A) Proponents of progressive taxes B) Supply-siders C) Proponents of ability to pay D) Consumer-economic-siders
What arguments have political scientists made about the two-party system in the United States?
A.) one of the two parties will disappear, resulting in a de facto one-party system B.) the media have replaced the parties as a source of information for many Americans C.) the two-party system in the United States will eventually replaced by a three-party system D.) the two-party system is facing a historic decline in its overall influence in American politics