How can the development of interest groups in our political system be traced back to the early ...

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An ideal response will:
1. Explain how the founders worried about factions and how to balance liberty with the prevention of tyranny.
2. Include James Madison's ideas about the sources of factions (unequal distribution of property) and a summary of his definition of factions.

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An ideal response will:
1. Describe public interest groups as groups that seek collective goods or to provide benefits for society as a whole.
2. Describe economic groups as groups that represent the interests of particular firms or businesses within an industry.
3. Provide one or more examples of actual public interest groups.
4. Provide one or more examples of actual economic groups, such as specific corporations or trade associations.