The State Can't Protect the Environment -- Markets Can

The State Can't Protect the Environment -- Markets Can

9th Grade

10 Qs

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The State Can't Protect the Environment -- Markets Can

The State Can't Protect the Environment -- Markets Can

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

From context, who do you think Joseph Schumpeter, the first person mentioned by name in the article, was?

a political economist

an environmental activist

a critic of environmentalism

a philosopher of science

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which view do the authors say should be challenged?

That global warming is man-made

That environmental protection is an area only government should operate in

That market failure cannot be corrected by government action

That free markets can provide environmental solutions without government intervention

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The article says "markets don't operate in a vacuum, but rather are embedded within a necessary institutional framework." Which was not listed as part of that framework?

extensive private property

a culture of voluntary exchange

laws about contracts

the banking and monetary system

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The authors maintain that so-called "market failures" may just need...

more time to evolve

more consensus regulation

more academic study

more technology solutions

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following were NOT mentioned as new environmental concerns brought about by the Industrial Revolution?

sparks from early rail locomotives

river damage from

early industrial processes

the need to locate and develop oil resources

the repurposing of agricultural land for factory production

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The authors state that, over time, markets usually develop to assign economic value to goods, but they were blocked from developing in the area of ___.

environmental resources

green capital

"clean" industrial production

animal rights

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The article says, as an example of how community pressures addressed environmental concerns before extensive government regulation, "homeowners could be shamed into building clay-lined ___."

privies

ponds

chimneys

dams

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