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During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church exerted enormous power over Europe. The Church influenced governments, waged wars and levied taxes. Although some actions, such as the Medieval Inquisition, are controversial today, the Catholic Church also established universities and hospitals, instigated positive social change and paved the way for economic growth.
A democracy is a society in which people have a say in their government and elect their leaders. The opposite is totalitarianism: a totalitarian society is usually ruled by a dictator, and there is very little or no freedom. In totalitarianism, the government controls almost every aspect of life.
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Going through & comparing both the proposed budget with the revised budget, we observe 2 changes. We notice that 5% was reduced from purchase of new musical instruments for the music department and that upgrade of computer lab hardware was increased by 5%. As the revised budget is the final budget, we see that in it the board opted to have more computer hardware instead of new instruments for the music department. In so doing, Northville Schoolpurchased more computer hardware at the expense of new instruments.
Opportunity cost refers to the "cost" incurred by foregoing the advantage associated with the best alternative choice to get something else. In this case, the Northville School Board passed up the opportunity to get new instruments & instead opted to upgrade the computer lab hardware. <u>Therefore, the opportunity cost for computer lab hardware upgrade is the purchase new instruments.</u>
In the 1980 presidential election campaigns, President Jimmy carter's campaign ads portrayed him as a peacemaker. They also accentuated his military background. They contrasted him to his opponent Governor Reagan who was portrayed as a warmonger.
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The phrase "who governs less governs better" implies that any government that stays out of establishing unnecessary, bureaucratic or restrictive regulations or standards regarding the exercise of political and economic freedoms of citizens and companies of the country will obtain a better result in your government than those governments that do otherwise. This, indeed, is true, given that the governments that interfere the least in the private economy are those that have the best economic results at the end of their mandates.
Regarding Hoover's phrase, it is fallacious. Capitalism does not produce greed, but allows anyone who strives and directs his efforts towards personal growth to do so, without having a socialist state that restricts that growth through the collection of excessive taxes or the confiscation of profits.
