Political economy
Critical approaches to political economy
Neoliberalism
Racial Capitalism
Social Reproduction
100

He argued that capitalism is not natural or inevitable

Karl Marx

100

the term used by Luxemburg to describe privatization of land and dispossession

primitive accumulation

100

Who is a key proponent of neoliberalism? 

Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman

100

True or False: Biological racism has been discredited and disappeared

False

100

What is social reproduction

all that is required to reproduce society

200

Allowing markets to self-regulate

laissez-faire economics

200

T/F   The Third World represents a homogenous group of newly independent post colonial states who are not part of the first or second world

False - they are not homogenous

200
What are 3 core tenets of neoliberalism?

free markets, minimal government intervention, individualism/ self interest, deregulation, minimal public spending

200

a classification/ ranking of people based on race, ethnicity, or place of origin

Racial hierarchies

200

How does social reproduction relate to capitalism?

Much of the work is unpaid or low paid, but it is necessary for the creation of a labour force.

300

David Ricardo's theory around trade between countries

comparative advantage

300

What is the significance of the Bandung Conference of 1955?

Meeting of African and Asian independent states who expressed anti-colonial, anti-racist and pro-peace views - non-aligned movement

300

What is meant by "Shock Doctrine"? 

Naomi Klein, implementing unpopular neoliberal policies during time of crisis, upheaval

300

What is settler colonialism?

colonial dispossession of indigenous peoples from the land to allow settlers to live, farm and build cities

300

What kind of feminism is the focus of the Manifesto - Feminism for the 99%?

anti-capitalist feminisim

400

What is the Keynesian approach?

create full employment, government intervention for basic services, 'welfare state'

400

What is the Prebish/Singer Hypothesis?

theory that peripheral countries are at a disadvantage because of deteriorating terms of trade for raw resource producing nations

400

Provide an example of Shock Doctrine implementation 

9-11, covid, Chile

400

Give an example of notions of whiteness or blackness evolving over time

who qualified as white for purposes of immigration to Canada, Fanon experience of blackness, Palestine ......

400

According to SRT, oppression based on gender, race and sexuality is structurally related to and shaped by ______________

Capitalist production

500

What are Rostow's 5 stages of development?

traditional, transition, take-off, maturity, mass consumption

500

The NIEO means ______________ and it was recognized by ____________ in 1974. 

New International Economic Order; UN

500

In the post WWII era, inequality generally decreased. Why?

Keynesian approaches, social programs, progressive taxation

500

What colonial era policies based on race exist in Canada in the present?

Reservations, government control of indigenous lands, ....

500

What is intersectionality and why is it important?

overlapping categories of oppression (race, gender, class), important to understand multiple and overlapping identities and individual experiences of oppression, not unintentionally worsen situation some