Ruby and myron have ended their relationship, and ruby blames herself for the break-up because she views herself as unlikeable and unattractive. she sees herself as lacking in the type of personality and intelligence to keep a boyfriend for a long-term relationship. ruby tells her friends that her whole life is ruined, and she should just leave the university and go home. ruby's thinking best illustrates

In a market economy, what does a producer mean when it asks, "is there a market for my products? is there a place where we can sell our products? " "ls our product being made more cheaply overseas? " will consumers need and want to buy our products? " will the government support demand for our products? "

What does it mean when a government decides to do something?

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.