Fri, Feb 10

Ch. 4, Political Economy

Discussion

  1. Answer the questions in your assigned box and offer relevant, original insights.
  2. Explain the importance of each key term on your list and present an example.
  3. Connect any relevant terms on your list to your assigned report. Be specific.
  4. What in your report did you find most surprising? Interesting? Useful? Why?
  5. For each Q4 answer, propose an appropriate/workable action we could take.

Terms, Etc.

Group 1
Box: IiA (132)
Report: WHR
  • capitalism
  • central bank
  • comparative advantage
  • deflation
  • economic liberalization
Group 2
Box: QM (136)
Report: HDR
  • Gini index
  • gross domestic product (GDP)
  • Human Development Index (HDI)
  • hyperinflation
Group 3
Box: IiA (132)
Report: WHR
  • inflation
  • laissez-faire
  • market
  • mercantilism
Group 4
Box: QM (136)
Report: HDR
  • monopoly
  • nontariff regulatory barriers
  • parastatal
  • political-economic system
Group 5
Box: IiA (132)
Report: WHR
  • political economy
  • property
  • public goods
  • purchasing power parity (PPP)
Group 6
Box: QM (136)
Report: HDR
  • quota
  • regulation
  • social expenditures
  • tariff

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