Economies are dynamic. Which factors below are not considered leading indicators that can be combined into a useful index of economic momentum?
a. The personal income growth in a state
b. The change in unemployment rates
c. The number of new babies born each year
d. The level of population change
Q. 2The European Economic Union got started in the 1950s from which seed coalition?
a. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b. Marshall Plan
c. European Coal and Steel Community
d. Warsaw Pact
e. Scandinavian Economic Combine
Q. 3Mexico's level of social development
a. is lowest along the USMexican border due to the exploitative employment practices of the maquilodoras.
b. has a regional dimension with southern areas of the country being significantly better off than central and northern areas.
c. is lower and distributed less well in comparison to many Latin American states.
d. is lower due to the large numbers of people living in urban areas where they overwhelm Mexico's government programs.
e. was relatively unaffected by the 1980s economic crisis.
Q. 4The need to increase state and local capacity and responsiveness by reinventing and reinvigorating government has perhaps never been greater.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 5What is a profound political consequence of the IT revolution?
a. Political realism
b. Expansion of the status quo
c. Weakening of governments' hold over citizens
d. Strengthening of governmental power
e. Global obesity
Q. 6The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
a. established a bracero program in the United States, allowing Mexican workers to enter the United States to provide much-needed manpower.
b. made it illegal to Mexican migrant workers in the United States to send remittances to their relatives in Mexico.
c. allowed migrants who had resided in the United states for a long time to gain legal residency rights.
d. heightened efforts in the United States to establish a border fence along the U.S.Canadian and U.S.Mexican borders to make crossing these borders more difficult.
e. cut off social services for undocumented Mexican migrants in the United States.
Q. 7The Federal Government is always a reliable fiscal partner with the states.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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