This 1944 conference created a framework for international economic cooperation and led to the creation of the IMF and World Bank.
What is Bretton Woods?
This term refers to businesses and industries that are privately owned and operated for profit.
What is the private sector?
This involves reducing government rules and restrictions on business operations.
What is deregulation?
This international organization promotes French language and culture and cooperation among French-speaking nations.
What is La Francophonie?
This process involves removing trade barriers so that goods and services can move more freely between nations.
What is trade liberalization?
This is the process of transferring ownership of a business from the government to private hands.
What is privatization?
36. This political and economic union of European countries allows for free movement of people, goods, and services.
What is the European Union?
This philosopher co-wrote The Communist Manifesto and critiqued capitalism.
Who is Karl Marx?
This is a group of countries that have agreed to reduce or eliminate trade barriers among themselves.
What is a trading bloc?
These companies operate in multiple countries, often with headquarters in one nation and operations in others.
What is a TNC (Transnational Corporation)?
This measurement divides a country’s total economic output by its population to give an average income level.
What is GDP (per capita)?
This term refers to a workplace with poor conditions, low wages, and often worker exploitation.
What is a sweatshop?
This organization provides short-term loans and financial support to countries facing balance-of-payments problems.
What is the IMF?
This British economist advocated for government intervention during economic downturns to stimulate demand. He advocated saving during boom times.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
This term describes a policy where countries allow goods and services to be traded across borders without tariffs or quotas.
What is free trade?
These classifications are used to assess a country's level of industrialization, income, and quality of life.
What are developed, developing, and least developed countries?
This innovation revolutionized shipping by allowing goods to be transported in standardized, sealed units.
What is containerization?
This economic system advocates for public ownership of the means of production and class equality.
What is communism?
This trade agreement links Canada, the U.S., and Mexico and was updated in 2020.
What is NAFTA/USMCA?
This right-wing Scottish economist is known as the father of capitalism and wrote The Wealth of Nations.
Who is Adam Smith?
This is a tax placed on imported goods to protect domestic industries.
What is a tariff?
This international organization was founded after World War II to promote peace, security, and cooperation.
What is the United Nations?
This business practice relocates work to another country to reduce costs.
What is outsourcing?
This initiative offers debt relief to the world’s poorest countries, allowing them to reallocate funds to social services.
What is HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries)?
This international body enforces global trade rules, settles disputes, and aims to ensure that trade flows smoothly, predictably, and freely between nations.
What is the WTO (World Trade Organization)
This economic model supports public ownership of some industries while allowing for private enterprise.
What is socialism?
This right-wing system is based on private ownership and free markets with minimal government intervention.
What is capitalism?
These informal alliances bring together major world economies to discuss and coordinate global economic policies.
What is the Group of 7, 8, or 20?
These are agricultural products grown primarily for sale rather than for local consumption.
What is a cash crop?
This sector includes government-run services such as education, health care, and public infrastructure.
What is the public sector?