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WorksheetsPolitical Economy
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which is not a factor of production?
Land
Labor
Capital
Institution
How can state can affect a primitive economic model?
Purchases
Taxes
Regulates
Imports
How can state can affect a primitive economic model?
Transfer goods or money to any actor
Taxes
Regulates
Can replace any household or firm
It is total value of all final goods produce by ALL people within state territory.
GNP
GDP
PPP
M&M
It includes the production of all citizens in and out of state territory.
GNP
GDP
PPP
M&M
It is correcting monetary levels to reflect the amount of local currency required to buy certain standard good in that country.
GDP
GNP
WHO
PPP
In this approach to political economy, economic markets are seen as ‘not natural’ and existing within a social context largely shaped by state power. Associated with protectionist policies of the 1930s (perceived as failures).
Classical/neoclassical
Marxist
State-centric
Conservative
In this approach to political economy, individuals (as rationally self-interested creatures) are key economic actors. An unregulated market economy tends towards long-run equilibrium.
Classical/neoclassical
Marxist
State-centric
Conservative
In this approach to political economy, capitalism is a system of class exploitation – social classes are the key economic actors.
Classical/neoclassical
Marxist
State-centric
Conservative
.... is a system of generalized commodity production in which wealth is owned privately and economic life is organized according to market principles.
Marxism
Capitalism
Liberalism
Nationalism
Varieties of capitalism include:
Enterprise capitalism
Social capitalism
State capitalism
National capitalism
There are no alternatives to capitalism.
True
False
... calls for the economy to be restructured around the principles of ecological balance and sustainability.
Green economics
Reds
Communism
Socialism
... is a complex web of interconnectedness that means that our lives are increasingly shaped by decisions and actions taken at a distance from ourselves.
Social networks
Globalization
Transnationalism
Industrialization
Washington consensus ...
can be summed up as ‘stabilize, privatize and liberalize’.
describes the policies that the international institutions based in Washington, the IMF, the World Bank and US Treasury Department
had come to favor for the reconstruction of economies in the developing world.
is based on ideas of humanism.
is socialist.
Which famous book did Adam Smith write?
Wealth of Nations
Communist Manifesto
Green Eggs and Ham
The Bible
What did Adam Smith say was a force that guided the economy?
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Ham
The Invisible Hand
The invisible Force
When supply is high, demand is usually....
High
Low
When supply is low, price is usually....
High
Low
When demand is high, price is usually....
High
Low
When Demand is low, price is usually....
High
Low
What does Laissez-Faire mean?
Government must do what it can to keep the economy healthy.
Leave people alone to do what they want.
What is the role of government according to Adam Smith?
To protect citizens life and liberty.
To do whatever it can to help the economy.
Which is the opposite of a free market economy?
Socialism
Communism
Dictatorship
All of the above
What is it called when government or "the people" control the means of production?
Communism
Democracy
Free Market Capitalism
laissez faire
Who wrote the "Communist Manifesto?"
Thomas Paine
Karl Marx
Joseph Stalin
Adam Smith
Which is almost the same thing as Free Market or Lais·sez-Faire?
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
Democracy
What did Karl Marx call the poor?
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Nationalizaton
Capitalists
What did Karl Marx call the middle or upper class?
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Workers
Communists
Keynes was known as the Father of
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
supply and demand
interest rates
Keynes's plan reaction to the Great Depression was to
Government needs to spend money
Let the market dictate the economy
raise interest rates
let charitable organizations help poor people
There are four types of economic systems. Most economies are _____.
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
A leading exponent of monetarism and free-market economics, he was a powerful critic of Keynesian theory and ‘tax and spend’ government policies. Who is he?
Milton Friedman
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
Max Weber
