24. What are some alternatives to a “first past the post” system that might reduce the problem of voting

cycles?

25. AT&T spent some $10 million dollars lobbying Congress to block entry of competitors into the telephone

market in 1978. Why do you think it efforts failed?

26. Occupy Wall Street was a national (and later global) organized protest against the greed, bank profits, and

financial corruption that led to the 2008–2009 recession. The group popularized slogans like “We are the

99%,” meaning it represented the majority against the wealth of the top 1%. Does the fact that the protests

had little to no effect on legislative changes support or contradict the chapter?

Problems

27. Say that the government is considering a ban on smoking in restaurants in Tobaccoville. There are 1

million people living there, and each would benefit by $200 from this smoking ban. However, there are
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