Extremely rapid or out-of-control increases in price levels can best be described as ______.

Which of the following statements would support an argument for the use of public opinion polling to set public policy?

a. Americans tend to support government policies that make their economic positions worse. b. Most Americans do not know what goes on in the world. c. In a democracy, the people must have their voice heard by those in government. d. Repeated surveys of the same Americans have found that their responses to policy questions seem to change randomly.

Which event is used as an example of decisionmaking following the rational actor model?

a. Cuban Missile Crisis c. Invasion of Iraq in 2003 b. Escalation of the conflict in Vietnam d. Regan's support for the Sandinistas