Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution states that the president may appoint certain officers of the United States "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate." The Constitution leaves the precise nature of how the Senate will give this "advice and consent" up to the lawmakers

What do economists use gross domestic product to measure?

a. the rate of government spending in the economy b. the rate of tariffs applied to goods imported into the United States c. the total value added by government expenditures in the economy d. the total value of goods and services produced in an area

A situation where poorer states are vulnerable to sudden fluctuations in richer economies and dependent on the export of raw materials, whose prices often stagnate or decline, while prices for the manufactured products they import invariably increase is called a. economic dependency. b. rentierism

c. interdependency. d. economic addiction. e. mercantilism.