Following u. s. involvement in the korean war and the related period of low unemployment and rising prices, the federal reserve intervened to curb growth and decrease inflation. at what point in the business cycle did the federal reserve take action?

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Read the list of selections from the article. trump still seeks a border wall and said he might shut down the government again over it. a strong majority of americans blamed him for the standoff. and they rejected his arguments for a border wall, recent polls show. it is not clear how trump would fund the wall by declaring a national emergency. minutes later, senators voted 52-44 for a democratic plan to open agencies through february 8 with no wall money. that was eight votes short. yet it got more support than trump's republican plan, even though republicans control the senate 53-47. which two selections, taken together, provide the best evidence to support the idea that most people do not support funding a border wall? a 1 and 3 b 1 and 4 c 2 and 3 d 2 and 4

Martin is managing a production line in a manufacturing plant in the midwest. martin has a quality and productivity problem in one part of the manufacturing process. he discovers that his workers aren't sure what to do. when he asks why they didn't ask questions, the universal reply is, "we midwesterners don't ask questions, we just do." martin decides to address this problem by offering recognition rewards for anyone who asks the most job-related questions each month that lead to process improvements. unfortunately, martin finds the program doesn't work. when he further questions his workers, he discovers that no one wants to be the first to ask questions. as a group, workers still feel that they should figure it out on their own and not ask questions. martin finds carmen, one of the workers that everyone else admires, and talks her into being the first to ask questions as part of the program. after about a month, several other people begin to submit questions, and soon everyone in the plant is asking questions. refer to case 6.1. martin's plan failed initially because he didn't consider the power of on attitudes.

Opinion polls reveal that many people believe that the military buildup of the 1980s came at the expense of pressing domestic problems such as environmental pollution and deteriorating educational and transportation infrastructure. in short, people are becoming aware of