Select the best description of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI):
a. The use of domestic protectionist tariff policies to subsidize the business of a specific company via private access.
b. The direct investment of capital by some foreign entity, typically a corporation, into a specific domestic political economy.
c. The use of business to manipulate the outcome of leader position changes by voting, by force, or by coup.
d. The use of the free market to ensure that certain leaders with positions hostile to your country are deposed or replaced.
Ans: b
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A. Office of Management and Budget B. Commerce Department C. Executive Office of the President D. Nonpartisan Budget Review Commission
Law that is man-made, designed to govern human behavior, and enforceable by the state is:
A. positive law B. natural law C. scientific law D. moral law
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. The continued presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan b. The threat posed by Russia and its ongoing conflict in Ukraine c. Increasing racial tensions in the United States d. The rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)