A big change in consumerism came just before the ___ Revolution
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Industrial
Russian
Consumerist societies are more likely to waste resources ___ than other societies
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Faster
Slower
Businesses have realized that ___ consumers are the most attractive targets for marketing their products
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Poor
Wealthy
Liberals believe that ___ should have the right to decide for others which goods are necessary for life and which goods aren't
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All people
No one
The evidence of the relationship between absolute poverty and inequality is ___ and sensitive to the inequality index used
Unequal
Equal
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In terms of life expectancy, rich democracies typically enjoy life expectancies that are nine years ___ than poor autocracies
Higher
Lower
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Poor democracies ___ higher levels of budget deficits than poor autocracies
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Don't accumulate
Accumulate
___ levels of corruption undermine effors to make a sustainable impact on poverty
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Low
High
Brain drain ___ poverty
Worse
Improve
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According to the notes, the lack of essential minerals such as iodine and iron can affect ___ development
Muscles
Brain
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Families with ___ incomes suffer most of climate change
Higher
Lower
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___ poverty measures are used as official poverty rates in several developed countries
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Absolute
Relative
Looking at the period 1981-2001, the percentage of the world's population living on less that $1 a day has dropped ___
By half
To the fourth part
To the third part
The ___ ban on imported Japanese cars lasted for decades
Spain
South Korean
Italian
Microloans were made famous by the Grameen Bank in ___
India
Bangladesh
Nepal
Some NGOs have maintained that Western monetary aid often only serves to increase poverty and social inequality because it's linked to the importation of products from the donor country over ___ alternatives
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More expensive
Cheaper
The eradication of extreme poverty and hunger is the ___ Millenium Goal
First
Second
Third
One of the "Quick earnings" from the Sachs Report is passing legislation for ___ rights
People'
Women'
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Underdeveloped nations are characterized by a large ___ between their rich and poor populations
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Parity
Disparity
Underdeveloped countries have an unbalanced trade balance that results from their dependence on primary products that are vulnerable to being replaced by synthetic substitutes (jute, cotton, et.) or are experiencing a reduction in demand with the evolution of new technologies that requiere smaller amounts of raw materials (as is the case with many metals). Prices can't be raised as this simply ___ the use of synthetic substitutes or alloys
Accelerates
Slows down
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What is the correct statement?
The Dependency Theory establishes that the poverty of the countries in the periphery isn't because of how they are integrated into the world system but because they are integrated into the system
The Dependency Theory establishes that the poverty of the countries in the periphery isn't because they aren't integrated into the world system, but because of how they are integrated into the system
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"___ Debt" is a term used to describe foreign debt when the interest on the debt exceeds what a country's politicians believe they can collect from taxpayers
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Odious
Unpayable
___ Debt is a legal theory that holds that national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that don't serve the best interest of the nation, such as war or aggression. should not be enforceable