Answer the following questions on chapter 18 called Public Economy.
a) What is the cost of voting in an election?
b) What is the main factor preventing a large community from influencing policy in the same way as a special interest group?
c) Why might legislators vote to impose a tariff on Egyptian cotton, when consumers in their districts would benefit from its availability?
d) How can a small special interest group win in a situation of majority voting when the benefits it seeks flow only to a small group?
e) Why do legislators vote for spending projects in districts that are not their own?