Which clause in the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits any state from denying any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws"?

Which of the following is the logic behind the concept of resource curse?

A. Governments in countries with one abundant natural resource invariably have decentralized control over its production. B. Governments in countries with more than one abundant natural resource have no incentives to invest in other sectors of the economy. C. Governments in countries with more than one abundant natural resource have an undeveloped market. D. Governments in countries with one abundant natural resource have centralized control over the sale and taxation of that commodity. E. Governments in countries with one abundant natural resource avoid using that revenue to purchase political support.

One rational-choice explanation of institutions within authoritarian regimes is that ______.

A. only military regimes can establish and maintain institutions effectively B. only former democracies can establish institutions C. institutions are impossible to maintain in authoritarian regimes D. authoritarian regimes need to create a limited political space for compromise with the opposition