One of the changes in the welfare system of the United States that occurred in 1996 was a move to block grants for states. What advantage(s) might a block grant system allow?
What will be an ideal response?
Since participation in different states face varying needs to help them escape poverty, a
national program may be too restricting, and local control can design a program more suitable
to their constituents. However, an incompetently run state could do more harm than good
regarding use of the funds.
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Open market purchases and sales are conducted at the:
A) Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. B) Federal Reserve Bank of New York. C) Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. D) Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Refer to Figure 13.3. If exchange rates are floating, an expansionary fiscal policy and the typical Fed response to the change in inflation caused by the fiscal policy would best be represented by a movement from ________ in panel (a) and a
corresponding movement from ________ in panel (b). A) point A to point D; point X to point Y B) point C to point B; point X to point Y C) point D to point A; point Y to point X D) point B to point C; point Y to point X
Figure 33-7
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In Figure 33-7, the case for restrictive monetary and fiscal policy is strongest at point
A. A. B. B. C. C. D. D.
One justification for the creation of a federal level of government is:
A. greater responsiveness to the will of the voters. B. to encourage local diversity in the types of public goods provided. C. economies of scale in the provision of military defense. D. the ability to deficit spend.