The Works Progress Administration (WPA) aimed to do all of the following except
a. provide loans and jobs for college students.
b. quiet the groundswell of protest produced by Huey Long and Dr. Francis Townsend.
c. provide employment on useful projects.
d. produce works of art.
e. provide handouts to the unemployed.
Ans: e. provide handouts to the unemployed.
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Problems concerning Brazil's welfare state system include all of the following EXCEPT
a. workers in the informal sector cannot collect welfare as the government technically considers them employed. b. Brazil's welfare expenditures are quite low. c. until recently, the rural poor were not targeted by social welfare programs, essentially meaning that they were left out of the welfare system. d. formal sector workers access the public health system for expensive procedures. e. more people need welfare than those who contribute to it, thus forcing the government to finance the shortfall with debt.
Imagine that you are unhappy with your current job because you think you should have received a raise, but your boss did not give you one. In this story, you can think of yourself as the “citizen” and your boss as the “state.” According to the predictions of the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty theory, in which of the scenarios shown below should you ask for a raise (that is, “use voice”)?
A. When you really need the job, have little chance of finding another, and when your boss could easily replace you. B. When you don’t really need the job because you could easily find another similar job, and when your boss could easily replace you. C. When you don’t really need the job because you could easily find another similar job, and when your boss could NOT easily replace you. D. According to the assumptions and logic of the EVL model, you should always ask for a raise in any of the scenarios described here.