The Enlightenment created a new idea where God or godly entities did not dictate the functionality of the world, but rather science and reason.
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The interaction between Congress and the bureaucracy can be affected by linkage institutions because linkage institutions can affect public opinion.
The correct answer is indeed A) kept interest rates low.
Ok, let me try to resume.
When the central bank injects reserves, it encourages banks to lend out money at lower interest, attracting borrowers for this money and leading entrepreneurs to invest, once the higher interest rates would not be profitable. Interest rates coordinate savers and investors action. Investment requires resources to be frozen rather than consumed, meaning that less spending by the population reflects more resources available to fund these investments, resulting in a lower rate of interest.
When interest rates are pushed down by creating new money, the lower interest rate is not a representation of genuine savings by the public, it is artificially low. Increased business activity consumes resources while the population also keeps consuming more, causing a "tug-of-war" for resources between longer and shorter processes. When prices and interest eventually starts to rise, entrepreneurs find out their investment aren't actually profitable with these rates and are unable to complete the projects they started. This is the economic bubble, when the real economy can't withstand the perceived economy.
Now, finally going back into the answer.
During the late 1920s rates were kept artificially low by the Federal Reserve, sparking a boom, specially in the stock market, with prices rising up to 50 percent quickly. In 1929, once the government started tightening credit to cool down the overheated stock market it produced, the burst happened, leading the country into the Great Depression.
Sorry for the long explanation, hope you understand the concept ;)
Parliament.
The British crown.
House of Commons.
Ik there are three, so Parliament is the main one but the other two were second and third most targeted
If congress has one party that's in the majority, then that party will likely get more things done in their favor compared to the opposition party. The minority party can slow things down a bit, but not as effectively if they were in the majority.
If congress is evenly split, and there isn't a clear majority, then the amount of new laws and bills passed won't be as much as discussed in the first paragraph. At this point, congress is at a stalemate or deadlock of sorts. This is assuming that the two parties don't work with each other and are on polar opposites of the spectrum. There are instances where the two parties do work together on a number of issues; however, in this current political climate, polarization is higher than ever before.
