In this economía system, consumers decide how to spend their money and workers are free to choose careers or change jobs

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

What two things are being compared in this epic simile (the odysseus)

How does the concept of competition relate to the arms race between the us and the soviet union during the cold war?