What is the first step in the life cycle of policy making?
a. Placement of the problem on the national policy agenda
b. Emergence of the problem as a "public issue" requiring government action
c. One or more reformulations of the proposed policy
d. Enactment of part or all of the proposed policy
e. Redefinition of a public or private "condition" as a public "problem"
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Plato's myth of the metals is meant to answer what question:
a. Why would the craftspeople agree to harmoniously contribute to the system when they are not permitted leadership positions? b. Why is democracy a particularly beneficial system of rule for the masses? c. Why are some leaders tyrants and some leaders philosopher-rulers? d. Why does an oligarchy offer the highest form of happiness in the body politic? e. All of the above
According to the Laffer curve, which of the following statements is true?
a. A sufficiently high tax rate encourages productivity. b. Cutting taxes will suppress the economy. c. If the government cuts marginal tax rates, revenue goes down. d. If the government raises marginal tax rates, revenue goes up.
An important problem in Russia during the post-communist phase has been the
a. weak industrial sector relative to a strong agricultural sector. b. the weak dollar relative to a strong ruble. c. absence of a strong, competent, and honest state authority. d. weakening role of Russia in the UN.
The three-fifths compromise
a. gave slave states the 50 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives they were hoping for. b. dismantled the institution of slavery in the South. c. assured the ratification of the new constitution. d. assured that the new constitution would not be ratified. e. provided a final resolution for the issue of slavery.