Richard Florida believes that, in response to cool cities becoming places where creative people flock to, those very people will eventually see that it's not 'new' or 'cool' anymore to live in a popular place, and will move on to some other less-well-known place, thereby making government efforts to spruce up cities for them useless.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 2The National Action Party (PAN) has traditionally run on a platform that includes
a. less regional autonomy, greater regulation of business, and anticlericalism.
b. greater regional autonomy, less government intervention in the economy, and clean and fair elections.
c. increased use of proportional representation, rapprochement with the Catholic Church, and more government intervention in the economy.
d. support for private and religious education, less regional autonomy, and clean and fair elections.
e. greater regional autonomy, opposition to NAFTA, and support for private and religious education.
Q. 3After a bidding war among four states, Volvo selected South Carolina as the site of its new 500 million factory after receiving 200 million in state incentives.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 4The National Action Party (PAN) has drawn most of its political support from the
a. Gulf coast.
b. southern states.
c. northern states.
d. rural countryside.
e. Mexico City Federal District area.
Q. 5Critics of economic competition have called instead for the increase of cooperation. These efforts have been
a. largely successful
b. largely unsuccessful
c. dealt with by the Courts
d. abandoned as gentrification occurs
Q. 6The PRI's corporatist structure meant that the party
a. integrated economic groups into its internal decision-making process.
b. worked closely with Mexican corporations to further Mexican economic development.
c. was structured in an efficient and effective way, like a business corporation.
d. distributed public resources, like jobs and land, through extended networks to lower level activists who controlled votes at the local level.
e. acted as a referee in conflicts between Mexico's interest groups and between these groups and the Mexican government.
Q. 7Jurisdictions compete for major investments such as automobile manufacturing facilities, and that competition has
a. created multistate or regional cooperation.
b. caused the value of incentive packages to increase.
c. forced the federal government to serve as a referee in interjurisdictional disputes.
d. caused the value of incentive packages to decrease.