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Economics Semester Review part 2
Economics Semester Review part 2
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Without supply and demand operating
goods and services do not flow automatically thru economy
efficiency increases but productivity decreases
neither distribution nor pricing are automatic
prices cannot be arrived at automatically
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To end the concentration of wealth, communism tries to create a ___ society
oppressive
perfect
classless
politically uniform
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In a capitalist system, supply and demand
helps to set prices
increases efficiency
discourages competition
creates surpluses and shortages
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America's mixed economy has led to
a concentration of wealth among the 1%
an ever more quickly rising debt as we recklessly spend
great economic security for almost all Americans
Concentration of wealth and rising debt
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Economies with maximum freedom but little personal economic security
command economies
market economies
traditional economies
mixed economies
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In a capitalist system, competition leads to:
innovation and quality
lower prices
all answer choices are correct
efficiency
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The invisible hand that automatically guides a capitalist economy is comprised of
cooperation, hard work, private property & central planning
competition, state ownership of property and self-interest
competition, self-interest, & supply & demand
cooperation, state ownership of property & central planning
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Trying to have the best of both worlds, they also have the worst of both worlds:
mixed economies
command economies
market economies
traditional economies
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Capable of dramatic change, they suffer from a lack of efficiency, quality, and innovation
traditional economies
mixed economies
command economies
market economies
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The founder of modern economics who advocated the virtues of free markets
Adam Smith
Mikhail Gorbachev
John Keynes
Karl Marx
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Economies where people compete based on self-interest for goods and services are
market economies
mixed economies
traditional economies
command economies
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Capitalist systems place a premium on
all answers are correct
individual security and equal distribution of resources
collective and cooperative ventures
individual liberty and decision-making
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A benefit of command economies is that they do
allow for greater freedom than market economies
demonstrate improved innovation over market economies
tend to have greater productive efficiencies
aim for greater security for everyone in the economy
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In a capitalist system supply and demand
increase efficiency
automatically distribute resources through the society
create innovation and quality
often result in shortages and surpluses
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A disadvantage of capitalism is
competition
the concentration of wealth
heavy regulation of industry by government
the difficulty of entering markets
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Economies that have some private ownership of property and some gov't decision making are
traditional economies
command economies
market economies
mixed economies
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Command economies do not do away with self-interest but
make not working self interested behavior
become obsessed with efficiency
increase people's greed
increase the importance of supply and demand
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Stable and predictable economies based usually in sustainable ecological modalities
command economies
mixed economies
market economies
traditional economies
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Ultimately, command economies have failed because they
have problems with efficiency and innovation
invert self-interest making their societies less productive
require huge bureaucracies inefficiently sharing resources
all answers are correct
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In practice command economies do not create classless society, instead
the governing elite become the dominant class
they create even more fractured, divided societies
resources are distributed even less evenly
classes exist based on merit and "natural competition"