In a Story from Www

question 171

Multiple Choice

In a story from www.Forbes.com (5/30/2003) , it was reported that the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. plans for the country to spend $58.1 billion on technology that year. He was planning to buy technology from Cisco Systems, Oracle and Sun Microsystems in addition to other software makers. This story reports on technological change which is the stressed in the ________ of business cycles.

• A) real business cycle theory
• B) new Keynesian cycle theory
• C) new classical cycle theory
• D) monetarist cycle theory

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Definitions:

Control Theories

In sociology and criminology, theories that explain social order as being maintained by social norms and institutions that encourage conformity and dissuade deviant behavior.

Social Controls

Mechanisms, both formal and informal, that regulate individual and group behavior, aiming to enforce conformity to societal norms.

Conformity

The act of aligning one's beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors with those of a group or societal norms, often to fit in or be accepted.

Imprisonment Rate

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