A business climate variable over which a state government has little control is:

Which of the following is true of the Democrat platform?

a. It urges state and federal legislators to decrease spending. b. It encourages a balanced budget by the federal and state governments. c. It supports the abolishment of federal agencies whose activities are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. d. It supports a strong national government that promotes a strong union while protecting individual interests.

Why are efforts to build an international regime to control climate change on a shared objective likely to fail?

a. Climate change cannot be controlled by an international regime. b. International regimes almost never have specific, concrete objectives. c. It only takes one country not to join, and the entire regime will come apart. d. The United States will never sign on to anything that restricts its right to emit greenhouse gases. e. Countries do not share the same assessments of the dangers and opportunities presented by climate change.