1. Which of the following would represent a stakeholder in a corporation? 

1) the investors                  2) the workers                              3) the consumers of products or services it offers  

4) members of surrounding community where company operates            5) all of the above 

2.  In USA policy debates , one might expect someone who values the Social Welfare Statism theme over Corporate Capitalism to attack proposals benefiting the private corporate sector conceivably using all of the following except ___________________. 

1) this is corporate welfare             2)  CEO pay is excessive          3) preferring "Wall Street over Main Street"

4) welfare checks or social security payments or unemployment benefits should be reduced to pay for this       

5) government and corporations are the same = corporate state    

3.    In USA policy debates , one might expect someone who values the Corporate Capitalism theme over Social Welfare Statism to attack proposals benefiting the public sector conceivably using all of the following except which one?   

1) this depends too much on private sector charity         2) this is a giveaway, it lacks means testing              

3) this will increase bureaucracy             4) this will lead to more regulations and red tape               

5) this is more big government 

4. All of the following terms logically belong together except which one? 

1) welfare assistance                2) corporate welfare                              3) means tests      

4) concern about increasing homelessness                   5)  social safety net

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5. Someone who values the Corporate Capitalism theme over Social Welfare Statism might generally link government inefficiency to ____________________. 

1)  demonstrated success of social programs          2)  calls for nationalizing parts of the private sector       

3) the need for more bureaucracy      4) the need for progressive taxation            5) waste of taxpayer money

6.   ________________________________ are often organized in hierarchical fashion to promote efficiency.

1) market economies             2) public housing             3) "bottom up"  approaches   

4)  organizations where power is decentralized          5) bureaucracies

7. Select the ordered pair that best completes the following: "_________________ can't be _________________."   

1)  corporate crimes, prosecuted        2) social "safety nets", "shredded"     3) public goods, commodified             

4)   corporations, legally treated as people             5) wealth, redistributed   

8. Which of the following beliefs might be held by someone for whom the Social Welfare Statism theme is a key component of their overall worldview ?

1) the need to cut taxes        2) the need for government to look out for vulnerable people 

3) the need to reduce the size of government        

4)  faith in the market system         5)  faith in self reliant individuals accepting personal responsibility   

9.  Select the ordered pair that best completes the following: "Generally speaking, accompanying the _________________ of governments that can be characterized as social welfare states are, one expects   ________________."  

1) higher taxes, more social services        2) higher taxes, fewer regulations / less bureaucracy         

5) laissez faire policies,  more state-owned enterprises

10. Select the ordered pair that best completes the following: "Generally speaking progressive big corporations concerned about public health / environmental pollution / climate change will look to _________________  for solutions and seek to involve  ________________in crafting policies related to this concern. " 

1) labor unions, big shareholders                2)  market economy forces, consumers of their products

3) working with government in crafting regulations even if short-term profits are affected, more stakeholders      

4) government imposed regulations , lobbyists          5) market economy forces, big banks

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