Explain the differences between how public groups and government solve the problem of free riding.
What will be an ideal response?
Public groups generally rely on rewards and incentives to encourage participation while the government has the ability to apply sanctions to prevent free riding if necessary.
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Which best describes what Chinese Communist leaders learned from the turmoil in Eastern European communist countries in 1989?
a. Allowing protesters to blow off steam was much more effective than trying to crush them. b. Travel restrictions were necessary to keep people from spreading discontent after seeing the freedoms and prosperity of the West. c. Protests could bring down Communist governments and without a significant show of force the Chinese Communist Party could suffer the same fate. d. Allowing citizens to visit other countries gave them a sense of freedom and greatly diffused discontent. e. Acting on the demands made by protesters, rather than just letting them blow off steam, would help diffuse discontent and preserve Communist Party power.
The Constitution represents a compromise between the Federalists, who were concerned about __________, and the Anti-Federalists, who were concerned about __________.
A. taxes; deficits B. tyranny of the people; tyranny of the rulers C. individual freedoms; societal order D. societal order; individual freedoms
_______________, which provides one-fifth of the U.S. energy supply, is the largest source of energy after fossil fuel.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What can tax-exempt issue advocacy groups (527's) do under the new campaign finance laws?
a. Raise and spend unlimited amounts of soft money. b. Specifically advocate the defeat or election of a candidate for office. c. Spend no money on television or other advertising. d. Contribute a maximum of $2,000 to any candidate for office. e. Contribute a maximum of $100,000 to the national committees of the major parties.