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What does the finding regarding the impact of weighing technique on the rank of economic freedom suggest?
What does the finding regarding the impact of weighing technique on the rank of economic freedom suggest?
- The objective attributes may be insufficiently fine to reveal much difference within the set of generally free or generally not free nations. (correct)
- Weights are irrelevant due to the inter-correlation of the objective attributes.
- Totalitarian regimes are the only ones with significant government regulation.
- Countries that get institutions and policies right get them all right, and countries that get institutions and policies wrong get them all wrong.
Why may the choice of weighing technique have little impact on the rank of economic freedom according to the text?
Why may the choice of weighing technique have little impact on the rank of economic freedom according to the text?
- The objective attributes may be insufficiently fine to reveal much difference within the set of generally free or generally not free nations.
- All countries with good institutions and policies get them all right, while those with bad institutions and policies get them all wrong.
- Weights are irrelevant due to the inter-correlation of the objective attributes. (correct)
- Only totalitarian regimes have significant government regulation.
What does the text imply about a Total Democracy in terms of government regulation?
What does the text imply about a Total Democracy in terms of government regulation?
- It leads to generally not free nations.
- It involves significant government regulation determined by majority voting. (correct)
- It has no government regulation.
- It leads to generally free nations.
What would a Theocracy with regulations based on religious prescriptions be considered?
What would a Theocracy with regulations based on religious prescriptions be considered?
What is suggested about countries with good institutions and policies according to the text?
What is suggested about countries with good institutions and policies according to the text?
Which characteristics define totalitarianism according to Friedrich and Brzezinski?
Which characteristics define totalitarianism according to Friedrich and Brzezinski?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic mentioned by the text that defines totalitarianism according to Friedrich and Brzezinski?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic mentioned by the text that defines totalitarianism according to Friedrich and Brzezinski?
What did Mussolini's definition in the Enciclopedia Italiana imply about totalitarianism?
What did Mussolini's definition in the Enciclopedia Italiana imply about totalitarianism?
Why does the first definition of totalitarianism mentioned have several weaknesses?
Why does the first definition of totalitarianism mentioned have several weaknesses?
What approach has scarcely been influenced by the definitions mentioned in the text, but has relationships to the old theory of autocracy?
What approach has scarcely been influenced by the definitions mentioned in the text, but has relationships to the old theory of autocracy?
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