Title: Public Policy
Course: Joni's Quizzes

Q: The two major types of federal economic policy are:
- tax and spend policy
- money creation
- Fiscal and monetary policy
A: Fiscal and monetary policy

Q: Which of the following have emerged as trends over the last several decades?
- Reduction of inequality; rising taxes; a rise in spending on the poor.
- Increased spending on infrastructure as a percentage of GDP; reduction of taxes on the wealthy and corporations; rise in spending on the poor.
- Rise in inequality; reduction of taxes for the wealthy and corporations; calls for the reduction of social spending.
A: Rise in inequality; reduction of taxes for the wealthy and corporations; calls for the reduction of social spending.

Q: Which of the following tends to be overblown as a policy challenge:
- Health care spending, which has been declining for decades.
- Spending on the poor, which has provided more than enough for those in need for decades.
- The national debt, which was far higher just after WWII, just prior to the period known as the "golden age of capitalism."
A: The national debt, which was far higher just after WWII, just prior to the period known as the "golden age of capitalism."

Q: The largest and most expensive social welfare programs are:
- Welfare to the poor and foreign aid.
- Welfare spending on poor children and housing subsidies for the poor.
- Social Security and Medicare, both geared to serve the elderly, and both extremely popular.
A: Social Security and Medicare, both geared to serve the elderly, and both extremely popular.

Q: Thus far Obamacare has resulted in:
- A lower proportion of Americans with health insurance and an increase in the rate of growth of health care costs.
- Death panels.
- A significantly higher proportion of Americans with health insurance and a reduction in the growth of health care costs.
A: A significantly higher proportion of Americans with health insurance and a reduction in the growth of health care costs.

Q: One aspect of Obamacare that has not been fully implemented as a result of a Supreme Court decision:
- Medicare expansion
- subsidized access to health insurance
- Medicaid expansion
A: Medicaid expansion

Q: The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction is an example of a:
- Welfare program for the poor.
- discressionary spending program.
- Tax expenditure
A: Tax expenditure

Q: The Constitution gives this branch the power to declare war:
- Executive
- Judicial
- Congress
A: Congress

Q: Term for the collective responsive actions taken by the United States military after The September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon.
- Iraq war
- The Dark Side
- War on Terror
A: War on Terror

Q: Political thinkers most enthusiastic about the Iraq war:
- Conservatives
- Neoliberals
- Neoconservatives
A: Neoconservatives

Q: What percentage of climate scientists agree that the actions of human beings are warming the planet?
- Around 50 percent
- Around 25 percent
- Over 97 percent
A: Over 97 percent

Q: Which of the following is a realistic policy option for dealing with climate change according to Ramez Naam?
- Ending all meat consumption
- Reducing economic growth
- Innovation driven by research and development (R&D) to allow the economy to produce more while using fewer physical resources
A: Innovation driven by research and development (R&D) to allow the economy to produce more while using fewer physical resources

Q: A key to acheiving sustainable economic growth is ________.
- increased deforestation.
- increased harvesting of the ocean.
- energy sustainability.
A: energy sustainability.