1.  All of the following are most naturally linked together except which?    

1) decentralized society            2) subsidiarity       3) competition          4) local control              5) lowest level   

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2.  "While retaining the market system, one form of what is called economic democracy abolishes private ownership of productive resources, and wage labor. With respect to the latter, in worker run enterprises there are no labor costs: workers are compensated by dividing up what is left after other costs have been subtracted from sales  revenues." What are described are enterprises that are basically __________________.  

1) socialist       2) worker co-ops        3) consumer co-ops      4) customer-owned businesses     5) labor unions

3. The phrase “based on the price it will bring” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) capitalism    2) commodification         3) exchange value        4) subsidiarity       5) none of the above 

4.   All of the following are true about co-operatives and the cooperative principles behind them except which?

1) their principles were worked out in the 1960s          2) they are voluntary 

3) they are democratic                          4) they value continuing education and training

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5. _________________ is characterized by small units owned by individuals, small businesses or communities, requiring relatively little capital investment that are located where the demand for whatever they produce is. 

1) egoism                 2)   decentralized production                    3) soft technology     

4) production by the masses       5) cottage industry    

6.   All of the following would be valued or have a place in a new society founded by Liking Cooperation-Based Communities advocates except which?

1) globalization                   2) local control of schools

3) ecovillages                      4) community supported agriculture

5)  the gift economy, barter, and common good banks  

7. "It is characterized by how individuals and the socioeconomic / political institutions produce, distribute, and consume goods and services, decide questions of ownership, and allocate economic resources"  might provide a good summary of __________________   

1)  an economic system                       2) capitalism                                3) commodification       

4) a co-operative community                        5) an ecovillage 

8. Someone for whom the Liking Cooperation-Based Communities theme is a key component of their overall worldview would like to an economy involving a combination of all of the following except which? 

1) cooperatives    2) small private businesses          3) local representatives of multinational corporations

4) volunteer community organizations                     5) employee owned companies

9.  A belief that you would not expect someone for whom the Competitive Capitalism theme is a key component of their overall worldview to hold would be that competition __________________. 

1) promotes efficiency           2) stimulates people to work hard

3) fosters innovation             4) leads to risk taking                          5) brings out the worst in people

10.  Which of the following associations is wrong?   

1) worker owned cooperatives / workers divide up profits 

 2) consumer co-ops / provide customers with low cost, high quality products and services

3) ecovillages / communities committed to sustainable living       4) co-operation / zero sum game 

5) co-operative principle / democratic member control

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