Which of the following entities is responsible for setting interest rates in the United States?
a. the Congress
b. the Congressional Budget Office
c. the Executive Office of the President
d. the Federal Reserve Board
d
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After being overly optimistic about the collapse of
authoritarianism, many political scientists do not believe that: a. some authoritarian regimes have had to make big changes in policies to survive. b. electoral authoritarianism is weakening as a way of maintaining authoritarian rule. c. democracy is now the only widely accepted way of claiming legitimacy. d. fundamentalist Islam is the twenty-first-century ideological equivalent of Marxism.
Those with a shared-technology perspective find international governmental organizations (IGOs) especially valuable in dealing with pandemics because they
a. have experience in dealing with worldwide problems. b. have access to wealth from member countries. c. do not have to make a profit. d. do not have the specific problems of any specific state. e. All of the above are correct.
Which of the following is a primary player in the development of the federal budget?
a. individual interest groups b. Board of State Governors c. Office of Management and Budget d. the Senate Financial Committee
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Demand-side policy suggests that government spending should increase more during and economic recession than an economic depression. B. Demand-side stimulation typically provides more immediate help to low-income citizens more than does supply-side stimulation. C. The national debt was eliminated in 1998. D. The highest budget deficit in U.S. history was $59 billion. E. Demand-side policy cannot be used to slow down an economy.