Interest Groups Are Best Seen as

question 9

Multiple Choice

Interest groups are best seen as

• A) organizations established to influence the government's programs and policies.
• B) basically the same as political parties.
• C) largely irrelevant in Texas politics today.
• D) corrupt entities that harm democracy.

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Definitions:

Labor-supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the wage rate and the quantity of labor workers are willing to supply.

Elasticity Positive

Positive elasticity indicates that when the price of a good or service increases, the quantity demanded increases, or vice versa, showing a direct relationship between price and demand.

Income Elasticity

The responsiveness of the demand for a good to a change in an individual’s income.

Normal Good

A type of good for which demand increases as the income of the consumer increases, showing a positive correlation between income and demand.