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Sociology of Business
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Sociology
Undergraduate 4
05/05/2009

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The US should resist Globalization and seek down the Process (t or f)?
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False
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During the past three decades, Europe creast no new net jobs.(t or f)?
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True
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The rules of international trade are always imposed by the bnation or nation with the largest markest. (t or f)?
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True
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The Video: When a factory closes showed eastern corporation gave workers no note before closing its yale forklift plant in philly. (t or f)?
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False
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Capitolism excels at producing wealth, but it is also an unstable ecnomic systme that is prone to severe ups and downs.(t or f)?
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True
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The us economy is globalizing quickly but not as quickly as china.(t or f)?
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False
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"Losing the war with japan" showed that page and variety stamping, were victimized by kicuchi, which honda forced them to accept as thier partner. (t or f)?
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True
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The nation that invented compulsory public education to promote its industrial revolution was great britain.(t or f)?
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False
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In head to head, thurow concluded that the japenses were in the strongest position to win the economic competition of the 21st century.(t or f)?
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True
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The econcomic system called capitalism is essentially the same in the US, EU, and japan.(t or f)?
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False
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Accordding to thurow, Americans accept inequality and get employment, where as europeans resist inequality and get unemployment.(t or f)?
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True
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Zero Sum Society was...
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The division of winners and losers.
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Global economic stepping stone...
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Regional Trading Blocks
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Best educated workforce
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Europe
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The viedo "when a factory closes" showed the personal consequences of unemployment in blue collar families. Which was not.. Loss of health insurance, depression, divorce, marital conflict
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Divorce
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During the 20th centure, the golden age (45-75'), the US economy enojoyed several competitive advantage over its rivaals. Which was not one... Worlds largest market, best educated workforce, best technology, least gov regulation
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Least gov regulation
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Capitalisms biggest feared disease
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Deflation
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Which is not part of keirtsu.... Groups all have thier own backs, companies share profits and losses, arrangements amoung american companies are illegal, by law must give preference to other japenese companies.
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by law must give preference to other japenese companies.
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What did chalmers johnson say in the the losing war with japan video
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"The cold war is over and japan won"
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This economy suffers because it has been left out of the process of economic globalization
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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This economy prospered as a result of establish systematic research and development, based on academic science
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germany
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This country which once led the IR, has fallen far behind other developed nations in europe and the US.
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Great Britain
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This economy recieves the greatest direct foreigh investment in the developing worlds.
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China
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This economy recieves the greatest direct foreigh investment in the developing worlds.
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China
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This economy is suffering because its culture prevents effective action to end a decade of recession.
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Japan
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At the present time, there is no global system for enforcing intellectual property rights.(T or F)
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True
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A major reson why the US caught up with briatin in the early 20th centure was the american system of compulosry public eduation. (T or F)
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True
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The non oil country that has gone from poor to rich in the past century is sweden.(T or F)
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False, Japan
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This economy has become the world greatest debtor
Definition
United States
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The US has the best university system in the world (T or F)
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True
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Mercedes Benz invest about $60,000 in the high-school students in its training program.(T or F)
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True
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Wal-Mart founder sam walton refused to seek cheap products in asia, because of his emphasis on "Buying America"
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False
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In the Early 1990s, Wal Marts stock price fell to just over $20 Per Share.(T or F)
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True
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In 1993, president bill clinton promised that, as a result of the New US-China trade agreeemenrt, China would OPEN its markest and purchase American products and services.
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Term
In order for a developing nation to become prosperous, it must limit its annual rate of popultation growth to what percent?
Definition
One Percent
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What type of recession is the most serious?
Definition
L-Shaped (Great Depression)
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WHat nation is the biggest offender, with regard to economic piracy?
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China
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Japans economic strartegy since WWII is best Described as...
Definition
Export Led.
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