Which group is included in the measurement of the unemployment rate?
a. recent graduates looking for work
b. Stay-at-home mothers
c. people unemployed and seeking work
d. people who have been warned that they will be downsized
e. people who are on long-term disability
ANS: C
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Which of the following is a standard collective action problem that must be overcome for an interest group to promote or defend a shared interest?
A. There is a constitutional prohibition on unauthorized group activity. B. The inability to communicate on a large-scale basis because of the size of the country increases the coordination problems. C. Conformity costs are exceedingly low for such an activity, but the transaction costs of agreeing on goals can be quite high. D. Rational self-interest leads to universal free riding, which dooms the organization as well as the effort unless some way can be found around this difficulty.
The decline in the number of people identifying with either party is referred to as
a. apathy. c. realignment. b. dealignment. d. neutralization.
Most taxes in Texas are administered by the
A) commissioner of insurance. B) comptroller of public accounts. C) Texas House of Representatives. D) county tax assessor-collector.