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1
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what is the velocity of money

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price level

2
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what does p stand for in the equation of exchange

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political stability is lacking, and risk is high

3
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why is it sometimes difficult to attract foreign investment to less developed countries

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there might be a different work ethic, or a different belief in the role of the free market, or in the right of women to work, or even in the idea of punctuality

4
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what sorts of social values might be different in a less developed country than in the united states

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education

5
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states general spend the most money on

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developing countries have much higher birth rates

6
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how do birth rates compare in developed versus developing countries

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raised

7
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specialization oand trade have (raised/allowed) standards of living in the world

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higher, lower

8
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less developed countries generally have (higher/lower) birth rates and (higher/lower) literacy rates than developing and developed countries

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public good

9
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tax revenues are usually intended to provide what type of good

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public goods

10
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what type of goods must be provided by government if they are to exist at an adequate level

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bhutan, afghanistan, rwanda, el salvador, bangladesh, nigeria

11
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what are some examples of less developed countries

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risk their resources or manage their private properrty in a productive and or responsible way

12
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what do incentives cause people to do

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developing

13
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classify the development status of a country with a per capita gdp of $7500

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a country with a per capita gdp of over $10,000

14
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what constitutes a developed country

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a country with a per capita gdp of under $3000

15
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what is a less developed country

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developing

16
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classify the development of a country with a per capita gdp of $3001

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bhutan

17
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which country has officially began measuring “gross national happiness”

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developing

18
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a natino with a per capita gdp of $7000 would be classified as having a (developed/developing/ less-developed) economy

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15

19
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Investment represents about _% of GDP in the United States.

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$31,437

20
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How much was the U.S> per capita GPD in 1998

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frictional

21
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Randy decides to leave his job in New York and travel to Morocco, then back to California , where he is looking for a new job. What kind of unemployment data?

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every ccillian age 16 or older who has a job or is seeking one. Millitary personal and convicts do not count.

22
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Defines the labor force

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The percentage of the iliasm population in the labor force out of everyone who could be in the labor force.

23
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What is the Labor Force Participation Rate?

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the Bureau of Labor Statistics

24
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What government agency keeps track of unemployment data?

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cyclical unemployment

25
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The EMployment Act of 1946 most targeted what kind of unemployment.

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2000

26
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When did the Employment act of 1946 expire?

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75%

27
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About what percentage of workers earning the federal; minimum wage are 20 years or older?

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twice as likely

28
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How many times more likely is someone who has not gone to college to earn the minimum wage than someone who has graduated form college?

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teh Bureau of Labor Statistics

29
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What government agency measures the Consumer PiceIndex

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not necessarily

30
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is a trade deficit always bad

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increase

31
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real wages increase/decrease as a result of trade

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comparative

32
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a nation benefits by specializing in the goods in which it has a _ advantage

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country A will export shirts to country B in exchange for apples

33
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with one hour of labor, country A can produce either one shirt or 4 apples. with the same amount of labor, country B can produce either two shirts or 10 apples. if the two countries trade with each other which will export shirts

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an absolute advantage

34
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a nation that is more productive than another nation in a certain good has an absolute advantage/ a comparative advantage in that good

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not necessarily. country a has an absolute advantage in this good, but country B may have the comparative advantage

35
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country A can produce a good at a lower cost than country B. should country A export this good it country B

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credit

36
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if an item provides us with more foreign currency, it counts as a credit/debit in our balance of international payments

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balance

37
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the relationship between the value of a nations exports and the value of it imports is called the trade_

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exporter

38
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the U.S. is the largest _ of corn in the world

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debit

39
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in a balance of international payments, imports are listed as _ items

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the price of a nations currency expressed in terms of the value of another

40
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exchange rate

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the ability of one country to produce a good at lower opportunity cost with a greater efficiency relative to other goods than another country

41
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comparative advantage

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a good or service produced domestically and sold to consumers in another country

42
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export

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more

43
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if the american dollar appreciates versus the japanese yen, it will be worth_ compared to the yen

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the ability of one country to produce a good more efficiently at a lower cost than another country

44
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absolute advantage

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yes

45
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if country A is less efficient than country B in the production of all goods, is it possible for country A to benefit by trading with country B

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TRUE

46
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true or false the wto has en enforcement system

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over 140

47
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the wto has about how many members

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opposed

48
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the united auto nation union opposed or supported the creation nafta

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brazil argentina and paraguay and uruguay are full members. Chile and Bolvia are associates

49
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which countryies beling to mercosur

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Romania and Bulgaria

50
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Which two countries will join the EU in 2007?

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France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, United Kingdom, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Finland

51
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Name the original 15 countries in the EU

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a loss of American jobs to less expensive mexican ones

52
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The major fear felt by opponents of NAFTA was that it eould result in

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reducing

53
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The goals of GATT included (increasing or reducing) tarrifs

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tarrifs

54
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One goal of NAFTA was to eliminate all _____ among the US, Canada, and MExico over a period of ten to fifteen years

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the EU

55
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What is the current name of the organization formerly known as European Community?

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Washington D.C.

56
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Where is the World Bank headwuartered?

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sanctions

57
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Many nations imposed trade ________ on South Africa when it was under apartheid system

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The Uruguay round

58
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What round of GATT talks were completed in 1993?

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Paul Wolfowitz

59
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Who is the current president of the World Bank (in 2005)?

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Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithiuana, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia

60
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What ten european nations joined the EU in 2004?

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the dispute settlement body

61
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which part of the world trade organization settled trade disputes

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the EU

62
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what is the main european trade association

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work toward the formation of the WTO

63
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what was the most signifacnt achievement to emerge from the urugay round

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dumping

64
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what is the term for when pnce ocuntry exports a large number of goods to another country at prices much lower than domestic prices

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mercosur

65
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this is a south american free trade associaiton

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steel

66
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the united states was forced by the WTO to remove tariffs on what calss of goods

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a grop of countries that agreed to have free trade

67
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what is a free trade assocation

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The IMF

68
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if the contry is suffering a currency crisis to which organiation would they turn to for help

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us, mexico, canada

69
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what countireds belong to NAFTA

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they feared that union workers would lose their jobs to mexico

70
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why did the united autoworkers union oppose the creation of nafta

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hurt

71
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trade sancitons are intended to (help or hurt) the ecnomies of the nations in which they are opposed

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the careageana agreement of 1969

72
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which agreement began the development of the andean

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the federal trade commission

73
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What federal agency was created to prohibit “unfair methods of competition”

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debit

74
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if an item causes us to use up our stock of foreign currency, it counts as a (credit/debt) in our balance of international payments

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1914

75
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when was the federal trade commission established

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credit