Cost/benefit analysis is a useful tool in policy analysis. It can be used to ______.
A. forecast the likely impact of various possible policy alternatives
B. provide information about the scope and nature of a problem
C. analyze the efficiency of various possible policy alternatives
D. judge the effectiveness of an implemented policy
C. analyze the efficiency of various possible policy alternatives
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Your friend is incredibly cynical about political parties, politicians, and incumbent political leaders. How might this be related to the effects of the media?
a. News reports feature a constant stream of negative messages about government and its ability to solve problems in the United States, which has turned her off politics. b. The consistent conservative bias in the media has turned her off politics. c. News reports about what government does are so optimistic that your friend thinks that they just cannot be real. d. Your friend realizes that the mainstream political parties own most of the private media and therefore it cannot be trusted.
Which of the following is the only administration of recent times to actually run a budget surplus, as opposed to a deficit, in some years?
A. Jimmy Carter B. Ronald Reagan C. George W. Bush D. Bill Clinton E. Donald Trump
Tort reform refers to the policy goal of reducing
a. the number of liability and personal injury cases and the subsequent awards. b. the number of liability and personal injury cases but not size of the subsequent awards. c. drug sentencing by providing counseling rather than prison sentences. d. the number of advertisements for personal injury law firms on television.
Who was the party boss of Tammany Hall, often seen as unprincipled, self-serving, and corrupt?
a. Samuel J. Tilden b. William Marcy Tweed c. Thomas Nast d. George Briggs