A major point of debate surrounding the Federal Reserve's role in economic policy is
A. whether Congress should be able to reject the Fed's decisions.
B. the issue of competence.
C. the Fed's political accountability.
D. whether the president should be able to veto the Fed's decisions.
E. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: C
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Which of the following statements about environmental regulations in the United States is NOT true?
a. Environmental protection represents one of the few areas in which the government has taken a limited role in regulating the activities of private actors. b. While 1970s-era environmental regulations produced visible successes, this has not been followed by a continuing national commitment to environmentalism. c. President Obama proposed a system of "cap and trade" energy regulations, which were subsequently adopted by Congress. d. The United States has fewer environmental regulations than other advanced democracies. e. States have tended to act in the absence of federal action on environmental issues as exemplified by several states adopting emissions caps that broadly follow the guidelines of the Kyoto Protocols that has not been adopted by the national government.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Most economists and political scientists would be comfortable making the claim that having institutions protecting property rights is crucial for promoting economic growth. Where they might argue, however, is if and how property rights are related to regime type. 2. Empirically, we do not see cases of contries that score high on the rule of law index but low on an index of electoral rights. 3. According to recent studies of attempts to externally impose democracy on a country by using military force, there is very little evidence, if any, to support the claim that such intervention increases the level of democracy in the target countries. 4. Some politicians like to refer to cases in which the United States intervened successfully in order to establish democracy; Japan and West Germany after WWII are the favorite examples. However, according to the recent empirical research discussed in Chapter 8 (on democratic transitions), evidence shows that although attempts at the external imposition of democracy may promote some democratic-seeming reforms in the short run, they ultimately produce political instability in the target countries and are unlikely to lead to a stable democracy. 5. The introduction of elections, legislatures, and parties in many dictatorships around the world is a sign that these countries are definitely moving toward democracy.
Hydrofracking, a process of injecting water, sand, and chemicals into rock formations, is used by this energy industry
A. coal B. natural gas C. oil D. solar
Which of the following is offered in the Novel Approach to Politics text as an alternative to culture to explain why New Zealand’s TV programming is more sexually permissive than that in the United States?
A. New Zealand was originally a French colony. B. New Zealanders learn about sex at an earlier age. C. Cable television has been more readily available in the United States. D. Broadcast television in the United States is actually more permissive than it is in New Zealand.