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. International Political Economy (IPE) gained new popularity as an academic subject after 1970 because ________.

a) the Cold War came to an end correct incorrect

b) it was increasingly recognized that a sharp division between domestic and global developments in economics and politics was no longer sustainable correct incorrect

c) it was felt that International Relations had paid too much attention to the activities of governments correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Mercantilist arguments are based on the idea that ________.

a) free trade between nations is always beneficial to all correct incorrect

b) merchants should not be allowed to influence politics correct incorrect

c) only merchants should be allowed to influence politics correct incorrect

d) national wealth and military power are fostered most effectively by protecting domestic producers from overseas competition correct incorrect

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. The Corn Laws were designed to ________.

a) reduce the price of grain in nineteenth-century Britain correct incorrect

b) protect British producers of grain against overseas competitors correct incorrect

c) promote free trade correct incorrect

d) make British people eat cornflakes rather than bacon for breakfast correct incorrect

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. ________ was a key opponent of mercantilism.

a) David Rizzio correct incorrect

b) David Bacardi correct incorrect

c) Adam Smith correct incorrect

d) John Maynard Keynes correct incorrect

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. In economics, laissez-faire means ________.

a) people should be left alone to do whatever they want correct incorrect

b) life should be made as fair as possible correct incorrect

c) the state should exercise detailed control over the economy correct incorrect

d) the state should not interfere in the detailed operations of the economy correct incorrect

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. The new political economy associated with Robert W. Cox ________.

a) celebrates the worldwide triumph of capitalism correct incorrect

b) argues that the Soviet Union was an unmixed economic success correct incorrect

c) questions existing realities and invites students of IR to rethink their ideas correct incorrect

d) argues that capitalists should always invest in countries where the potential profits are greatest correct incorrect

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. The Bretton Woods agreement ________.

a) led to a campaign to save the rainforest correct incorrect

b) was a deal between developed nations to keep the Third World in poverty correct incorrect

c) led to the establishment of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) correct incorrect

d) led to the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) correct incorrect

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. "Structural adjustment" programmes require that ________.

a) governments of poor countries should adopt privatization and other "liberalizing" measures correct incorrect

b) governments of poor countries should knock down all ugly or dilapidated buildings correct incorrect

c) states with weak economies should redistribute more resources to the poor correct incorrect

d) ministers in under-performing countries should go on diets and keep fit correct incorrect

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. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum ________.

a) is part of a more general trend towards regional blocs correct incorrect

b) accounts for over half of the world's GDP correct incorrect

c) has member states which include authoritarian regimes as well as democracies correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The European Union ________.

a) can do nothing unless all of its member states agree correct incorrect

b) is under the complete control of unelected bureaucrats correct incorrect

c) requires member states to "pool" sovereignty in a number of policy areas correct incorrect

d) has already developed all of the key features of a centralized, unitary state correct incorrect

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. Critical IPE is based on ________.

a) postmodernism correct incorrect

b) the English School correct incorrect

c) the Calgary School correct incorrect

d) Marxism correct incorrect

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. IPE is the intersection of ________.

a) political science and economics correct incorrect

b) political philosophy and globalization correct incorrect

c) history and economics correct incorrect

d) the right angle correct incorrect

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. Occupy Wall Street was about ________.

a) speaking for the 99 per cent correct incorrect

b) angry at corporate bailouts correct incorrect

c) part of citizen activism correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. John Maynard Keynes was significant liberal thinker because of his ideas that were ________.

a) pro-state position correct incorrect

b) state plays an essential role in human well-being correct incorrect

c) state must step in and make adjustments correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The priorities for the Department for Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) for 2014-15 were ________.

a) take as many photos of the Prime Minister and the Royals together, parity with the US dollar, and increase Canadian content rules correct incorrect

b) advance Canada's values and interests, Canadian and global prosperity, reinforce Canada's relations with the US, and reduce Canadian poverty and inequality correct incorrect

c) advance Canada's values and interest, increase Canadian content rules, and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect