Markets as Cultures
Moral Limits of Markets
Externalities of Markets
Changing Role of the State in Liberal Economies
DEFINITIONS
100

Give an example of a constitutive rule

Price Integrity

100

paying for line-skipping privileges at airports is an example of _____

Jumping the queue

100

Carbon credits are an effort to reduce _____

Negative externalities

100

T or F: Export-led growth was favoured over domestic demand during the Keynesian and Neoliberal era

F: Domestic demand was favoured in both eras in the US and UK; in Germany and Japan, it was more export-led growth

100

Rules that are imposed by the government on markets. 

Regulative Rules

200

Give an example of a common assumption regarding market transactions that does not hold in the real world.

Frictionless Transactions

200

First come, first serve” is the ethic of the _______

Queue


200

Which is not an example of an externality: 1) pollution 2) 2nd hand smoking 3) eating loudly in a movie theatre 4) the prices of a heating company's common stock decrease as global warming gets more media attention.

4) the prices of a heating company's common stock decrease as global warming gets more media attention.

200

___% of British Industry was nationalized during the Keynesian era?

20%

200

Rules that are imposed by traders on themselves and others. 

Constitutive Rules

300

___ and ___ are the two types of market rules as described in the markets as cultures view.

Regulative and Constitutive rules

300

“You get what you pay for” is the ethic of the ____

Market


300

_____ leads to market failure because a product or service's price equilibrium does not accurately reflect the true costs and benefits of that product or service.

Market Externalities 

300

Neoliberal principles are based on two important policies: _____ and ______

Deregulation, Privatization

300

A side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost of the goods or services involved, such as the pollination of surrounding crops by bees kept for honey. 

Externalities

400

In the Markets as Cultures view, what is the main cause of pressures for change in rules and roles?

Competition and Conflict amongst groups

400

Correct this Statement: Economists say that free markets allocate goods inefficiently as markets allocate goods to those who are willing to pay the most for them, not those who want the goods the most.

False: Economists say that free markets allocate goods efficiently as markets allocate goods to those who are willing to pay the most for them, not those who want the goods the most.

400

A firm dumps trash on another firm's property. what additional information surrounding these firms could change this event into a non-externality?

The firm is paid to have trash dumped on their property

400

The rise of __________ has led to a shift in the role of the state in liberal market economies, with governments playing a larger role in regulating and shaping the digital economy.

Technology

400

A group of firms or individuals that are socially embedded in a network of important social relations and culturally embedded in a meaning system of norms, rules, and cognitive scripts.

Market

500

The idea that we believe we act rationally given our goals, knowledge, and understanding of the present situation.

Local Rationality

500

The concept of __________ suggests that there are limits to what can be bought and sold in a market, as some goods and services have intrinsic moral or social value that cannot be quantified in monetary terms.

Inalienability

500

An externality of sugary foods is the negative health consequences associated with their consumption. Often, it is attempted to internalize this with a sugar tax. What would be needed for this externality to be fully internalized? 

The increase in price results in the new equilibrium shifting to a socially optimal level.

500

Correct this: Neo-corporatism is defined as a non-cooperative relationship between an interest group and the government for the purpose of developing and implementing economic policies.

Neo-corporatism is defined as a cooperative relationship between an interest group and the government for the purpose of developing and implementing economic policies.

500

A cooperative relationship between an interest group and the government for the purpose of developing and implementing economic policies.

Neo-Corporatism

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