What are special drawing rights?
a. Known as "paper gold," SDRs are based on the value of five major Western
currencies. They are to be used as a stop-gap measure to meet chronic balance of
payment deficits by countries that have currency shortfalls.
b. SDRs are the equivalent of petrodollars, and are used by OPEC countries to invest
in Western industrialized states including the United States.
c. Known as "Lenin's gold," SDRs were used by communist states to facilitate trade
between each other.
d. SDRs are the guarantees that are reached between states so that exporters of a
particular product receive access to a state that imports that product under terms
as favorable as the state whose exports are most favored.
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Which of the following statements about those individuals elected to political office in the United States today is most accurate?
A. The individuals elected to political offices accurately reflect the diverse population in the United States. B. Those elected to political offices are evenly divided between men and women. C. Representatives today are overwhelmingly white and male. D. Individuals elected today are younger than candidates elected in the 1800s. E. Elected officials are overwhelmingly Protestant.
What is political polarization? Has American politics become more polarized? If so, what are the consequences of this?
What will be an ideal response?