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OpenStax College is a nonprofit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Our free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of your course. Through our partnerships with companies and foundations committed to reducing costs for students, OpenStax College is working to improve access to higher education for all. OpenStax College is an initiative of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic foundations.

Voter Participation and Costs of Elections

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Explain the significance of rational ignorance</li> <li>Evaluate the impact of election expenses</li> </ul>

Arguments in Support of Restricting Imports

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Explain and analyze various arguments that are in support of restricting imports, including the infant industry argument, the anti-dumping argument, the environmental protection argument, the unsafe consumer products argument, and the national interest argument</li> <li>Explain dumping and race to the bottom</li> <li>Evaluate the significance of countries’ perceptions on the benefits of growing trade</li> </ul>

Angles

In this section, you will:<ul><li>Draw angles in standard position.</li><li>Convert between degrees and radians.</li><li>Find coterminal angles.</li><li>Find the length of a circular arc.</li><li>Use linear and angular speed to describe motion on a circular path.</li></ul>

Matrices and Matrix Operations

In this section, you will:<ul><li>Find the sum and difference of two matrices.</li><li>Find scalar multiples of a matrix.</li><li>Find the product of two matrices.</li></ul>

What Causes Changes in Unemployment over the Long Run

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Explain frictional and structural unemployment</li> <li>Assess relationships between the natural rate of employment and potential real GDP, productivity, and public policy</li> <li>Identify recent patterns in the natural rate of employment</li> <li>Propose ways to combat unemployment</li> </ul>

The Benefits and Costs of U.S. Environmental Laws

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Evaluate the benefits and costs of environmental protection</li> <li>Explain the effects of ecotourism</li> <li>Apply marginal analysis to illustrate the marginal costs and marginal benefits of reducing pollution</li> </ul>

Market-Oriented Environmental Tools

<para>By the end of this section, you will be able to:</para> <ul> <li>Show how pollution charges impact firm decisions</li> <li>Suggest other laws and regulations that could fall under pollution charges</li> <li>Explain the significance of marketable permits and property rights</li> <li>Evaluate which policies are most appropriate for various situations</li> </ul>

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