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1
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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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3
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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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4
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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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8
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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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14
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Public goods vary widely from what?

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Country to country

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15
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What is considered social expenditures?

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“Welfare”

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16
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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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18
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Are Social Expenditures ever controversial?

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Yes, over the issue of who benefits

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19
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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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20
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A medium of exchange, a form of IOU is what?

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Money

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21
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The legitimacy of money is backed by what?

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The state

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22
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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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25
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What are the orders that set the boundaries of given procedure?

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Regulations

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26
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Who manages markets and property through regulations?

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The state

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27
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List 3 examples of regulations

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  • Monopoly (Microsoft)
  • Environmental
  • Social
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Who manages the sale of goods and services between themselves and other countries?

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The state

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29
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List 3 tools of trade regulation:

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  • Tariffs
  • Quotas
  • Non-tariff regulatory barriers
30
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What has a high priority on individual political and economic freedom, less on equality?

A

Liberalism

31
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What argues that a weak state and strong capital markets foster democracy?

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Liberalism

32
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True or False: Liberalism is related to ideology of the same name

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True

33
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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
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Liberal policies

34
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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
A

Social Democracy

35
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In Social Democratic Policies, trade and competition and managed by who?

A

The state

36
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In Social Democratic Policies, there is less tolerance for what?

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Inequality, poverty

37
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How is outright ownership of some industries by state seen as in Social Democratic societies?

A

Acceptable or necessary

38
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State, labor, and business set policy in concert, not through conflict (such as strikes) refers to what?

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Neo-corporatism

39
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Where are social democratic policies most common?

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In Europe

40
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Which policies advocate for no private property?

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Communist Policies

41
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Which policies place an emphasis on collective equality over individual freedom?

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Communist Policies

42
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Property, markets viewed as instruments of exploitation refers to what?

A

Communism

43
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What are some examples of Communistic countries?

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  • Soviet Union and much of Eastern Europe until 1989-91
  • Cuba, North Korea
  • China—but evolving capital markets
44
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In which countries are the markets non existent because they’re directed by the state?

A

In communist countries

45
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Which countries have extremely high autonomy, but often lack capacity?

A

Communist

46
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Private property along with national ownership describes a state with which policies?

A

Mercantilist Policies

47
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State tries to direct production, parastatals refers to what?

A

Active Industrial Policy

48
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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
A

Mercantilist Policies

49
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Neither individual freedom or collective equality emphasized—rather, state power relative to other states refers to what?

A

Mercantilist Policies

50
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How can we compare and measure successes or limitations of each?

A
  • Gini Index
  • Human Development Index
  • Happiness
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
    Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
51
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What defines the total production in a country? This is irrespective of who owns it…

A

Gross Domestic Product

52
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What is one of the limits of GDP?

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It doesn’t take into account costs of living in different countries

53
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What does PPP look at in regards to GDP?

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Buying power

54
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In countries where costs are low, what happens to GDP?

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GDP is increased when adjusted for PPP

55
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In countries where costs are high, what happens to GDP?

A

GDP is lowered when adjusted for PPP

56
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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?
A

GDP and PPP

57
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List 3 examples of bad economic transactions

A
  • Disasters

- Expenditures based on crime prevention

58
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Are costs of economic growth, such as pollution, factored in GDP and PPP?

A

No

59
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What is the Gini Index?

A

Mathematical formula that measures inequality (not poverty) in countries

60
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What is the Gini Index score for perfect equality?

What is it for perfect inequality?

A

Perfect equality = 0

Perfect inequality = 100

61
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Gini Index asks what question?

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What percent of the populations owns what percent of the country’s total wealth?

62
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Higher inequality in liberal countries than in which ones?

A

Social democratic countries

63
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Higher inequality in poorer countries than what ones?

A

Richer countries

64
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What determines quality of life? (List two)

A
  • Literacy and education

- Life expectancy and health

65
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Human development Index places an emphasis on what?

A

Poverty/ development over inequality

66
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What does Human Development Index focus on?

A

Wealth, but rather outcome of that wealth

67
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True or False: There is a strong correlation between GDP and HDI

A

True

68
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What is the main motivation for human behavior?

A

The pursuit of happiness

69
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Happiness stagnates above certain economic threshold refers to what?

A

“Easterlin Paradox”

70
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True or Fase: The world has become more liberal over time

A

True

71
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One is one reason for the world becoming more liberal over time?

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Increased Economic Liberalization

72
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Return/resurgence of liberal policies and institutions refers to what?

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Neo-liberalism

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