282 Exam 2

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Occurs when scientists ignore a highly relevant theory or attribute one variable to an issue while disregarding other key variables.

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Single factor fallacy

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The Urban Bias proposes that...

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Political power tends to be in the urban populations of a country because they can more easily pressure the government to act in their favor

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According to Beblawi, who must be the principal recipient of rent in a Rentier State?

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Government

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Rentier states are usually [blank] states

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Allocation

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The term allocation state has to do with [x] while the term "rentier" is associated with [y].

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Politics; economy

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Which of the following relies on taxation of the domestic economy for income? Rentier state, Allocation state, Production state

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Production state

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Occurs when the discovery of valuable natural resources causes a country's currency to spike in value compared to other currencies.

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Dutch Disease

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Who has greater power over a shared freshwater source?

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Upstream users

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Thomas Homer-Dixon: "the critical gap between our need for practical, innovative ideas to solve complex problems and our actual supply of those ideas."

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The Ingenuity Gap

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Amartya Sen believes [blank] should come before [blank]

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democratization; development