How did the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act seek to regulate the banking industry?

What will be an ideal response?


It established a consumer protection agency, put in place some banking reform, and increased federal oversight and control over derivatives trading, the financial instrument that allowed mortgage speculation and that brought down financial institutions such as insurance giant American International Group (AIG).

Political Science

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Which of the following best describes India’s secular approach?

A. laïcité B. neutral state model C. state church D. positive accommodation

Political Science

Organized labor has historically been more powerful than business interest groups in Texas

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Political Science

Explain the difference between coordinated and independent campaign spending.

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

All of the following are forms of pollution except:

a. power lines and highways b. fertilizers and pesticides c. automobile emissions d. deforestation

Political Science