Question 1

If Smith serves on the board of Company A, Jones serves on the board of Company B, and Smith and Jones both serve on the board of Company C, then there is a __________ between Companies A and B.
Answer direct interlock

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Question 2

The transfer of publicly funded technologies to private corporations is an important example of a government __________ to big business.
Answer subsidy

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Question 3

__________ is the nation with the most millionaires.
Answer United States

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Question 4

How has the Citizens United ruling affected the role of small donors to political campaigns?

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Question 5

Why are U.S. corporations shifting more and more of their total assets outside the United States? What are the consequences of the shift in production to other countries?

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Question 6

Why it is problematic that the information we receive is increasingly under monopolized control? How do these monopolies affect social, cultural, and political landscape?

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Question 7

A __________ solution stems from the assumption that private profit maximizes public good.
Answer trickle-down

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Question 8

How do trickle-down solutions hurt the disadvantaged?

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Question 9

What did Karl Marx mean when he discussed the inherent contradictions of capitalism? What has the passage of time shown us about those hypothetical contradictions?

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Question 10

Income inequality is __________ in the United States.
Answer increasing

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Question 11

Men __________ were less likely to be drafted during the height of the Vietnam War.
Answer in college

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Question 12

The __________ are the people who occupy the most influential roles in society.
Answer power elite

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Question 13

How does the systemic imperative benefit the power elite? Describe the ways in which the systemic imperative is biased toward the status quo.

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Question 14

Identify the ways in which monopolies hurt free enterprise.

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Question 15

Lack of centralized planning is a feature of ________.
Answer capitalism

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Question 16

How have super PACs corrupted democracy?

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Question 17

Four or fewer companies control at least 60 percent of the light bulb market in the United States, which demonstrates a __________.
Answer shared monopoly

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Question 18

Describe how government subsidies are biased toward the rich and powerful.

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Question 19

__________, as summarized throughout the text, is the ability to get what one wants from someone else.
Answer Power

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Question 20

What is an interlocking directorate? Explain the difference between direct and indirect interlocks.
Ideal Answer The ideal answer should include the following:

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Quiz 2: Wealth and Power: the Bias of the System

If Smith serves on the board of Company A, Jones serves on the board of Company B, and Smith and Jones both serve on the board of Company C, then there is a __________ between Companies A and B. Answer direct interlock

The transfer of publicly funded technologies to private corporations is an important example of a government __________ to big business. Answer subsidy

__________ is the nation with the most millionaires. Answer United States

How has the Citizens United ruling affected the role of small donors to political campaigns?

Why are U.S. corporations shifting more and more of their total assets outside the United States? What are the consequences of the shift in production to other countries?

Why it is problematic that the information we receive is increasingly under monopolized control? How do these monopolies affect social, cultural, and political landscape?

A __________ solution stems from the assumption that private profit maximizes public good. Answer trickle-down

How do trickle-down solutions hurt the disadvantaged?

What did Karl Marx mean when he discussed the inherent contradictions of capitalism? What has the passage of time shown us about those hypothetical contradictions?

Income inequality is __________ in the United States. Answer increasing

Men __________ were less likely to be drafted during the height of the Vietnam War. Answer in college

The __________ are the people who occupy the most influential roles in society. Answer power elite

How does the systemic imperative benefit the power elite? Describe the ways in which the systemic imperative is biased toward the status quo.

Identify the ways in which monopolies hurt free enterprise.

Lack of centralized planning is a feature of ________. Answer capitalism

How have super PACs corrupted democracy?

Four or fewer companies control at least 60 percent of the light bulb market in the United States, which demonstrates a __________. Answer shared monopoly

Describe how government subsidies are biased toward the rich and powerful.

__________, as summarized throughout the text, is the ability to get what one wants from someone else. Answer Power

What is an interlocking directorate? Explain the difference between direct and indirect interlocks. Ideal Answer The ideal answer should include the following: