POLI 330N Week 6 Quiz 2 with Answers (LATEST)

1. (TCO 7) Describe how today’s conservatives use the term “political economy.” 2. (TCO 7) Early 20th-century European governments subscribed to _____ doctrines, generally keeping their hands away from the economy. 3. (TCO 7) President Jimmy Carter attempted to stimulate the economy, but this made inflation worse. This led him to _____. 4. (TCO 7) Between 1965 and 1973, the percentage of Americans living below the poverty line _____. 5. (TCO 7) Which U.S. President is responsible for implementing the Food Stamp program nationwide?Correct! 6. (TCO 7) Which of the following is an increasing financial concern of the Medicare program? 7. (TCO 7) Why are many politicians wary about limiting Social Security and Medicare expenses? 8. (TCO 7) How does the American welfare state compare to those of other industrialized nations? 9. (TCO 7) According to the U.S. Labor Department, what determines the poverty line? 10. (TCO 7) Investigate what historically happens to conservatives when firms are supposedly “too big to fail.”