MEANS OF OWNERSHIP
REGULATION AND PLANNING
FISCAL & MONETARY POLICY
SPECTRUMS AND SYSTEMS
KEY THINKERS & FUN FACTS
100
Health Care in the United States is an entirely private industry with the exception of a program called?
What is Obama Care
100
The United States overall is a _______ economy (centralized or decentralized)
what is a decentralized
100
Interest rates in the United States are controlled by...
What is the Federal Reserve
100
The United States is ________ wing economically
What is left wing
100
The key thinker that created the idea of a self-regulating capitalist economy, now supported by the United States is?
Who is Adam Smith
200
With the health program Obama Care, pre-existing health conditions cannot determine the denial of health care to children under the age of...?
What is 19
200
Previously to 2012 the United states oil companies were required to publish this document to control enviromental waste release.
What is a Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
200
Military funding and public services in the US are funded by?
What is Tax dollars
200
The United states current economy is based on a ________ ________ system
What is a free market system
200
The president of the United States that accumulated the most debt in all of US history is?
Who is Barack Obama
300
Means of water ownership in the United Staes consists of both public and private means of distribution. True or false?
What is true
300
In terms of Health Care and public industries, the United States has _________ interference in the economy.
What is Government interference
300
The rate of which the United States runs on where the tax rate increases as the taxable base amount increases is?
What is a Progressive Rate
300
The US Democrats such as Obama, tend to be more libertarian than?
Who are Republicans
300
The number of Americans now on food stamps exceed the population of what country?
What is Spain
400
The free-market economic system in the United States is being morphed into a more left-wing collectivist society with the introdution of new policies such as a version of public health care put in place by president...
Who is Barack Obama
400
The name for the regulation company on enviromental standars in the United States is?
What is the enviromental protection agency (EPA)
400
True or False, the US taxes both citizens as well as non-citizen residents with both Income and Corporate tax.
What is True
400
A major strength of the US economy is ? A) Quality of life B) Flexibility and freedom C) Prices of goods D) Military stability
What is B
400
The New Deal that F.D.R. introduced was inspired by
Who is John Maynard Keynes
500
The government of the United States stimulates this industry with subsidies in order to maintain stability. This industry is?
What is the oil industry
500
Labour in the United States is protected by the ?
What is the Fair Labour Standards Act (FLSA)
500
The US is in debt as it is currently runs on a ________ budget.
What is a deficit budget
500
The US is considered a _______ economy
What is a Mixed economy
500
The percent of Americans who spend more than they earn each year is?
What is 43%
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