Independent regulatory agencies
a. generally have clear and well-defined goals to ensure the best chance of success.
b. rarely have conflicts with other agencies since Congress attempts to minimize competing goals.
c. have the same structures, duties, and procedures so it is easy to move personnel across agencies.
d. are political creations so that unresolved political conflicts may be built into an agency’s structure.
d. are political creations so that unresolved political conflicts may be built into an agency’s structure.
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According to the text, which of the following is accurate?
a. On foreign policy votes in Congress, the president wins most of the time. b. The president usually gets more foreign policy support in the Senate than in the House. c. Congressional foreign policy support for the president has been declining in recent years. d. All of the above are true. e. Both options A and C are true.
How does liberalism compare with mercantilism?
A) Liberalism is not concerned with whether one state gains more or less than another, just whether the state's wealth is increasing in absolute terms, whereas mercantilism emphasizes that each state must protect its own interests at the expense of others. B) Liberalism emphasizes conflicting interests in economic exchanges, whereas mercantilism emphasizes shared interests. C) Liberalism asserts that the most important goal is the creation of the most favorable possible distribution of wealth, whereas mercantilism asserts that the most important goal of economic policy is the maximum creation of total wealth. D) Liberalism advocates a role for politics in market processes, whereas mercantilism advocates for market processes to be relatively unhindered by political elements.