One significant reason for the use of a single-purpose special district government rather than multipurpose government entities is that some policy concerns must be addressed on a regional basis rather than by individual counties and cities

According to the theory of pluralism, the Occupy Wall Street Movement ______.

a. distracted from American democracy b. acted as a counterweight to the financial firms c. was a dangerous threat to the public welfare d. had little if any true impact on the democratic process

When states specialize in producing the goods that they produce best and trading for goods that other states are better at producing, they are operating according to __________.

A. the comparative advantage B. the absolute advantage C. transaction costs D. patterns of trade