Global Politics Support Wk 19

The irreversible exhaustion of _______________ natural resources will leave future generations without the possibility of having use of these resources. 

• predetermined 

• finite 

• stable 

There is also just so much increased profit that can be easily squeezed out of workers in a ____________ economy. 

• quiet 

• dull

• stagnant 

Why would capitalists … simply spend the economic ____________ at their disposal on their own consumption or (less likely still) give it to workers to spend on theirs—rather than seek to expand wealth? 

• remainder

• leftover 

• surplus 

Today, in the face of widespread public outrage, with financial capital walking off with big bonuses derived from government _________________, capitalists have turned to preaching self-interest as the bedrock of society from the very pulpits. 

• bailouts

• handouts

• stakeouts 

When each individual capitalist pursues the goal of making a profit and _____________capital, decisions are made that collectively harm society as a whole. 

• gathering

• piling up

•  accumulating 

While the  __________ of some resources may be hundreds of years away (assuming that the rate of growth of extraction remains the same), limits for some important ones—oil and some minerals—are not that far off. 

• lessening  

• weakening  

• depletion  

Wealthy people deserve their wealth because of hard work and should not be taxed excessively on it. 

• strongly agree

• agree

• neither agree nor disagree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

People are inherently selfish, and their actions are motivated by self-interest. Thus, capitalism is the system best suited to satisfying human needs and wants.

• strongly agree

• agree

• neither agree nor disagree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Given the power exercised by business interests over the economy, state, and media, it is extremely difficult to effect fundamental changes [ including those that seek to protect the environment] that they oppose. 

• strongly agree

• agree

• neither agree nor disagree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

The anti-capitalist movement has failed to develop a systematic and coherent critique of neoliberal globalization and has failed to propose a viable alternative. 

• strongly agree

• agree

• neither agree nor disagree

• disagree

• strongly disagree