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What are the three main justifications for state intervention according to the text?
What are the three main justifications for state intervention according to the text?
- Economic, social, and political
- Economic, rights-based, and state legitimacy (correct)
- Public goods, private goods, and merit goods
- Efficiency, equity, and state power
What is the main idea behind rights-based arguments for state intervention?
What is the main idea behind rights-based arguments for state intervention?
- Individuals have a right to economic and social development
- Individuals have a right to participate in the political process
- Individuals have a right to equal treatment and non-discrimination
- Individuals have a set of universal and indivisible rights that should be legally enforceable (correct)
What is the economic argument for state intervention?
What is the economic argument for state intervention?
- The state should intervene to promote economic growth and development
- The state should intervene to correct income inequality and ensure a fair distribution of wealth
- The state should intervene to ensure efficient allocation of resources
- The state should intervene to address market failure and provide public goods (correct)
What is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights?
What is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights?
What are some examples of 'public goods' mentioned in the text?
What are some examples of 'public goods' mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a key principle underlying rights-based arguments for state intervention?
Which of the following is NOT a key principle underlying rights-based arguments for state intervention?
What is the relationship between resource constraints and the realization of economic and social rights?
What is the relationship between resource constraints and the realization of economic and social rights?
What is the key difference between the economic and rights-based justifications for state intervention discussed in the text?
What is the key difference between the economic and rights-based justifications for state intervention discussed in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a key reason why the state may need to intervene according to the economic argument presented in the text?
Which of the following is NOT a key reason why the state may need to intervene according to the economic argument presented in the text?
What is the main purpose of the 'minimum standards' mentioned in the text in relation to the realization of economic and social rights?
What is the main purpose of the 'minimum standards' mentioned in the text in relation to the realization of economic and social rights?
