Stalin's plan for industrializing Russia
a. involved restructuring agriculture to create surpluses to invest in modernization.
b. assumed that factories' efficiencies would create profits for further investment.
c. offered material incentives to attract farm workers to new industrial jobs.
d. relied on market forces to attract new investment opportunities.
e. were aimed at raising the people's standard of living.
a
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A) coverage B) framing C) narration D) conflict
Prescribing a direction in public policy is referred to as
a. agenda setting. b. policy advocacy. c. policy evaluation. d. policy analysis.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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Subsidies come in the form of which of the following?
a. Qualitative regulations b. Grants and loans at below-market interest rates c. Price controls and supports d. Antitrust policies