Special-interest programs are highly attractive to vote-seeking politicians because

What will be an ideal response?


members of special interest groups favoring these programs feel strongly about them while most other voters are rationally uninformed about them.

Economics

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As the Federal Trade Commission currently interprets the Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI), an industry is considered to be moderately concentrated if the HHI value is

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Economics

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An economy in which output has decreased and prices have increased would suggest that there has been a:

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