Why do citizens often look to government to provide public goods?
a. Government has coercive authority to prevent free riding and the necessary resources to undertake expensive projects.
b. Only the government can be trusted not to exploit citizens.
c. Government charges fair prices and has the coercive authority to prevent the tragedy of the commons.
d. Government regulations are sensible and the government has decided to privatize all but a few essential functions to promote greater efficiency.
a. Government has coercive authority to prevent free riding and the necessary resources to undertake expensive projects.
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High French unemployment rates
a. have rarely been seen in recent years. b. encourage more women to enter the job market. c. have become the rule rather than the exception in the last 25 years. d. have been drastically reduced by the policies of economic liberalization. e. have encourages many immigrants to leave the country.
The executive departments are:
A) businesses owned by the federal government. B) federal bureaucratic organizations that have a single function. C) stockholder-owned government-sponsored enterprises. D) organizations responsible for a specific type of public policy. E) the major service organizations of the federal government.