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Analyzing Policy Incentives: Cost-Benefit Trade-Offs and Unintended Consequences
Conduct a cost-benefit analysis of public policies to evaluate distributional equity, economic incentives, and unintended side effects.
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Civic Participation, Social Movements, and Public Policy
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Explain the rights and responsibilities of democratic citizenship and evaluate how individuals, social movements, and policy incentives drive societal change.
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HS.15Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze how incentives influence choices that may result in policies with a range of costs and benefits for different groups.
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