How does the time horizon problem affect efforts to address global climate change?
What will be an ideal response?
Efforts to address global climate change are subject to the time horizon problem because many of the most serious impacts of global climate change will take decades or even longer to become apparent. It can be difficult to convince people to make changes to their lives now to address problems that they will only experience many years from now, if they even live that long.
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Karl, a political science student, observes that the Texas bureaucrats in general are hired due to their skills and qualifications rather than their "connections." Which of the following statements supports this observation?
a. The Texas bureaucracy is hierarchical in nature. b. The Texas bureaucracy has an inverted pyramid-shaped structure. c. In Texas most of the bureaucracy is decentralized. d. In Texas, the "spoils system" has been replaced by the merit system to select employees.
What was the Supreme Court's justification for overturning the separate-but-equal doctrine?
a. The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine. b. The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people. c. The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine. d. Segregated schools stigmatize minority children.