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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Barack Obama taught constitutional law at what university?
2. In December 2008, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced that he had leased out the city's parking meters for over ____________.
3. During which President's administration did the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission allow Wall Street speculation to be recognized as "bona fide hedging"?
4. According to the author, the correlation between decreasing taxes and rising prices from ________ should not go unnoticed.
5. What company did Robert Lukens run in Chapter 4: Blowout - The Commodities Bubble?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the power structure of Congress change with Scott Brown's election in Chapter 6: The Trillion-dollar Band-Aid - Health Care Reform?
2. In Chapter 5, what does the author write of the correlation between decreasing taxes and rising prices?
3. What scenarios does the author describe for Priscilla Carillo and Robert Lukas in Chapter 4?
4. What argument did Goldman-Sachs present for lessening regulation, as discussed in Chapter 4?
5. What administration was responsible for easing regulations on the stock market in Chapter 4?
6. What was the author shocked to discover from a friend working for a SWF in Chapter 5?
7. How did the SWFs present a danger to the economy, as discussed in Chapter 5: The Outsourced Highway - Wealth Funds? When was Congress warned about the issue?
8. When did Richard Daley lease Chicago's parking meters? For how much money were they leased, as described in Chapter 5?
9. What correlation is there between bankruptcies in the United States and the current health care system, as described in Chapter 6?
10. How are SFWs defined in Chapter 5: The Outsourced Highway - Wealth Funds?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the political career of Sarah Palin. What does the author assert of Palin's capabilities as a politician?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the life and career of Alan Greenspan. How did Greenspan come to become head of the Federal Reserve?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the actions of Goldman-Sachs in relation to speculative trading. What actions did Goldman take which were unethical? What actions were potentially illegal?
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