Answer for 1-The main purpose of muckrakers like Upton Sinclair was to A.3 *
a. oppose railroad monopolies
b. criticize the growing power of labor unions
c. raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization
d. support the need for reforms in education

2-Which action was most likely the result of the action being taken by muckrakers? B.3 *
a. Government increased its regulation of business practices.
b. Women become less active in public life.
c. The influence of the national government was reduced.
d. Congress failed to balance the federal budget.

Suppose that a flower nursery benefits from having a butterfly farm located only a few miles away, because the presence of the insects greatly improves flower pollination. lawyers for the two companies meet to draft a legal document specifying the number of butterflies the farm promises to maintain in exchange for payments to be made by the nursery. which of the following types of private solutions to the externality of pollination has occurred in this case? charities moral codes and social sanctions integration of different types of businesses contracts it’s important to note that sometimes private solutions to externalities do not work. for example, this occurs when communications barriers or social customs are important enough relative to the potential gains involved that (a) the government must step in (b) the private solution is not feasible (c) the market system has a crisis

What is the role of institutions in society - do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless? (a related question here is why do our life chances vary by class, gender and ethnicity)

In russia, after the soviet union collapse, influential retained power by acquiring large numbers of , so the ruling class gained power in place of power.