vocab 3 + 4 Flashcards
hayek
- procapitalism
- mistrusted government control
keynes
- advocated for government intervention in the economy
- promoted consumption
friedman
- originally supported keynes but changed his mind
- advocated against government control
IMF
international monetary fund
- funded through quotas
- a country’s quota is based on the size
- USED TO BAIL OUT ECONOMIES
world bank
- provides loans to countries in need
- USED TO BUILD UP ECONOMIES
gross domestic product
total value of all the goods and services produced in an economy
GDP per capita
GDP divided by the population
G7
an intergovernmental organization
- US
- germany
- japan
- the UK
- france
- italy
- EU
- canada
suspended: russia
agribusiness
covers the production, processing, and distribution of farm-based goods
bretton woods conference
- 1944
- established the IMF and the world bank
outsourcing
ex. job loss, unlivable wages, inequality, promotion of poverty
tariff
taxes that dicourage bringing in imports from abroad
NAFTA/USMCA
north american free trade agreement
* 1994
encourages trade between:
- US
- mexico
- canada
free market economy
- no government intervention
global supply chains
shipbuilding/shipbreaking
- bangladesh
stewardship
accepting responsibility for ensuring that resoures remain stable
united nations (UN)
- 1945
- to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries
multinational/transnational
involving several countries or individuals
protectionism
- policy of protecting industries from foreign competition
trade liberalization
the removal of restrictions on free exchange of goods between nations
interdependence
the state of beign dependant upon one another
recession
a period of economic decline
- 2 successive quarters of GDP reduction
kyoto protocol
- 1997
- 141 countries
international treaty on climate change
paris agreement
- 2015
- international treaty on climate change
- working towards reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
deregulation
removal of regulations
adam smith
- private ownership
- competition
- CAPITALISM -
GATT/WTO
general agreement on tariffs and trade
renamed world trade organization
european union (EU)
- 1991
- promotes security and justice
- works to create free trade zones
- britain recently left
free trade
international trade without restrictions
human development index (HDI)
- life expectancy
- education/literacy
- GDP per capita
import
recieving good and services abroad
export
selling goods and services abroad
knowledge economy
economy is measures based on quality, quantity and accessibility of the information NOT production
sustainability
the ability to be maintained at a certain rate
privatization
transfer of public to private busniss ownership
karl marx
- communism
- public ownership
OPEC
organization of the petroleum exporting countries
* 1960
- 14 oil rich member states control close to 40% of the worls oil population
UNICEF
united nations international childrens emergency fund
- to overcome poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination in a childs path