Why are fiscal policies sometimes difficult to use in regulating the economy?
A) ?Federal spending cannot be easily adjusted up or down as economic conditions change.
B) ?Decisions about how much government should spend are made by a very small group of people.
C) ?Changes in spending and taxes can occur very quickly before many economists can agree on what the problem is.
D) ?Decisions by Congress to lower the discount rate to federal banks are a cumbersome process.
E) ?Checks and balances provided for in the Constitution require agreement among all three branches regarding a course of action.
A
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The age of automation and the rise of the service sector have
A. led to increased power for labor unions. B. eliminated the need for interest groups for workers. C. led to an increase in the percentage of blue-collar workers in the total working population. D. led to attempts to unionize migrant farm workers, service workers, and public employees. E. caused the collapse of all labor interest groups.
When did women win the constitutionally guaranteed right to vote?
a. during the Civil War b. immediately after the Civil War c. at the same time that black males won the right to vote d. decades after black males won the right to vote
When a social science researcher makes an educated guess based on previously understood facts, he/she is making a(an)
a. wild guess. b. hypothesis. c. correlation. d. quantitative analysis. e. qualitative analysis.
According to seditious libel, it is illegal to
a. criticize the government to the extent of undermining public support and respect. b. declare one’s citizenship null in a time of war. c. incite violence by advocating the forcible overthrow of the government. d. knowingly print false accusations against a city official. e. refuse to abide by acts of Congress or orders of the president in times of war.