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What is referred to how politics and economics are related and how each affects the balance between equality and freedom?

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Political Economy

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True or False: The term “natural markets” is a myth

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True

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Once created, are markets easy to replace? Why?

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No because they’re institutionalized

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What is the interaction between forces of supply and demand?

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Markets

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What creates value for goods and services?

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Markets

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Is the market centralized or decentralized?

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Decentralized

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Ownership of goods and services is what?

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Property

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What are property rights?

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What you can do with your property

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Who or what regulates and protects markets and property?

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States

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What does it mean for something to be “market ready”

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That it’s still not able to be sold at an affordable price where the manufacturer can make money

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True or False: Some goods can’t function well in market or in private hands

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True

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Give some examples of good that can’t function well in market or in private hands

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Roads & National Defense

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What are public goods?

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Goods that are used by society, but are privately owned

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Public goods vary widely from what?

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Country to country

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What is considered social expenditures?

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“Welfare”

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List 3 examples of social expenditures

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  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Transportation
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What does taxation determine?

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Who pays for public goods?

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Are Social Expenditures ever controversial?

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Yes, over the issue of who benefits

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How does taxation vary?

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It varies in who is taxed and how much is taxed

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A medium of exchange, a form of IOU is what?

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Money

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The legitimacy of money is backed by what?

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The state

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Who controls the supply of money?

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Central banks

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How does the central bank control the supply of money?

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Typically through interest rates

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The action of Money and Inflation are tied to what?

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Inflation and unemployment

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What are the orders that set the boundaries of given procedure?
Regulations
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Who manages markets and property through regulations?
The state
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List 3 examples of regulations
- Monopoly (Microsoft) - Environmental - Social
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Who manages the sale of goods and services between themselves and other countries?
The state
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List 3 tools of trade regulation:
- Tariffs - Quotas - Non-tariff regulatory barriers
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What has a high priority on individual political and economic freedom, less on equality?
Liberalism
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What argues that a weak state and strong capital markets foster democracy?
Liberalism
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True or False: Liberalism is related to ideology of the same name
True
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``` The following policies describe what? - Best state is a weak one - Limited regulations - Fewer public goods - Lower taxes - Free trade - Laissez faire-allow economy to function as it wishes Greater tolerance for inequality and poverty ```
Liberal policies
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The following describe what? - Attempts to balance individual freedom and collective equality - Accepts private property and markets but seeks to regulate - Many European countries fall into this category
Social Democracy
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In Social Democratic Policies, trade and competition and managed by who?
The state
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In Social Democratic Policies, there is less tolerance for what?
Inequality, poverty
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How is outright ownership of some industries by state seen as in Social Democratic societies?
Acceptable or necessary
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State, labor, and business set policy in concert, not through conflict (such as strikes) refers to what?
Neo-corporatism
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Where are social democratic policies most common?
In Europe
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Which policies advocate for no private property?
Communist Policies
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Which policies place an emphasis on collective equality over individual freedom?
Communist Policies
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Property, markets viewed as instruments of exploitation refers to what?
Communism
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What are some examples of Communistic countries?
- Soviet Union and much of Eastern Europe until 1989-91 - Cuba, North Korea - China—but evolving capital markets
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In which countries are the markets non existent because they're directed by the state?
In communist countries
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Which countries have extremely high autonomy, but often lack capacity?
Communist
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Private property along with national ownership describes a state with which policies?
Mercantilist Policies
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State tries to direct production, parastatals refers to what?
Active Industrial Policy
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The following describe what kind a state with which kind of policies? - Small Welfare State - Tariffs and other trade barriers - More authoritarian than democratic
Mercantilist Policies
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Neither individual freedom or collective equality emphasized—rather, state power relative to other states refers to what?
Mercantilist Policies
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How can we compare and measure successes or limitations of each?
- Gini Index - Human Development Index - Happiness - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
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What defines the total production in a country? This is irrespective of who owns it...
Gross Domestic Product
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What is one of the limits of GDP?
It doesn't take into account costs of living in different countries
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What does PPP look at in regards to GDP?
Buying power
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In countries where costs are low, what happens to GDP?
GDP is increased when adjusted for PPP
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In countries where costs are high, what happens to GDP?
GDP is lowered when adjusted for PPP
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The following are limits of what? - Captures all economic transactions, including bad ones! - Costs of economic growth not factored in, such as pollution - Economic distribution not measured—who gets the wealth?
GDP and PPP
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List 3 examples of bad economic transactions
- Disasters | - Expenditures based on crime prevention
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Are costs of economic growth, such as pollution, factored in GDP and PPP?
No
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What is the Gini Index?
Mathematical formula that measures inequality (not poverty) in countries
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What is the Gini Index score for perfect equality? | What is it for perfect inequality?
Perfect equality = 0 | Perfect inequality = 100
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Gini Index asks what question?
What percent of the populations owns what percent of the country's total wealth?
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Higher inequality in liberal countries than in which ones?
Social democratic countries
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Higher inequality in poorer countries than what ones?
Richer countries
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What determines quality of life? (List two)
- Literacy and education | - Life expectancy and health
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Human development Index places an emphasis on what?
Poverty/ development over inequality
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What does Human Development Index focus on?
Wealth, but rather outcome of that wealth
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True or False: There is a strong correlation between GDP and HDI
True
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What is the main motivation for human behavior?
The pursuit of happiness
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Happiness stagnates above certain economic threshold refers to what?
"Easterlin Paradox"
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True or Fase: The world has become more liberal over time
True
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One is one reason for the world becoming more liberal over time?
Increased Economic Liberalization
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Return/resurgence of liberal policies and institutions refers to what?
Neo-liberalism

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