Calvin Helin’s prescriptions
Section One
Answer only 1 question in this section. Your response should be a maximum of 2 double spaced pages (Twelve-point font size. Use citations. Each question is worth 8 points. Total weight of section is 8 points.
- Using course material, discuss the following proposition. If followed, Calvin Helin’s prescriptions would lead to a greater assimilation of indigenous people with the political and economic mainstream and, therefore, less distinct indigenous communities? Discuss. Be sure to outline Calvin Helin’s prescriptions in your answer.
- Using course material, what is a ‘system of innovation’ and why are ‘nations’ still crucial in their successful establishment? Be sure to consider the roles of both government and business in the creation and maintenance of an innovation system.
- What is meant by the term ‘austerity’ and is it a good idea for national governments to follow an austerity strategy? Discuss with reference to course material. Be sure to include a Canadian example in your answer.
Calvin Helin’s prescriptions
Section Two
Answer only 1 question in this section. Your response should be a maximum of 4 double spaced pages or equivalent length (Twelve-point font size). Have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. Use citations. Each question is worth 12 points. Total weight for section is 12 points.
- Is it appropriate to explain the business-government relationship as one of “mutual dependency”? Similarly, is it appropriate to explain the business government relationship as an uneasy partnership”? Discuss using course material.
- Using course material, discuss the following proposition: “There is no politics without economics and there is no economics without politics.”
3.Theoretically, ‘free trade’ is often associated with less government interference in the economy. In what ways can some of our institutions of international trade be more correctly thought of as ‘interventionist’? Discuss drawing on course material. Be sure to consider both the mainstream and political economy critique of free trade in your response.
- Using course material, is there a conflict between democracy and tax avoidance? What is the nature of that conflict if such a conflict does indeed exist? What might be done to help resolve such a conflict. Be sure to define both democracy and tax avoidance in your answer.
Calvin Helin’s prescriptions
Section Three
Please answer all 20 questions in this section. Each question is worth a quarter point. Total weight of section is 5 points.
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- What strategies do governments typically use as instruments to stabilize the macro-economic environment (a) spending stimulus (b) lowering taxes (c) targeting interest rates (d) printing money (e) all of the preceding
- Competitive advantage can be achieved by (a) paying lower wages (b) paying lower taxes (c) enjoying improved productivity (d) enjoying better infrastructure (e) a more stable political environment (f) all of the preceding (g) none of the preceding.
- Comparative advantage is said to be achieved when (a) taxes are lower (b) tariffs are removed (c) opportunity cost is lower (d) a socialized medical system is in place (e) all of the preceding (f) none of the preceding.
- Tariffs, Quotas, Government procurement, administrative barriers, regulatory barriers, interprovincial barriers are all types of what? T _ _ _ _ (4 more letters) P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7 more letters).
- The theory of ‘national systems of innovation’ tries to explain different growth rates in various counties on the basis of national performance in (a) production of innovation (b) adoption of innovation (c) research and development spending (d) institutional competency (e) learning processes (f) all of the preceding (g) none of the preceding.
- Governments are important in the innovation process because they (a) provide a regulatory framework (b) are able to coordinate networks of innovators (c) provide financial support (d) provide qualified workers (e) all of the preceding (f) none of the preceding.
- Governments fund, directly or indirectly, approximately what percentage of total industrial research and development (a) 10% (b) 25% (c) 50% (d) 65%
- Governments can exert their presence in the innovation process by (a) linking funding to government requirements (b) offshoring production (c) privatizing universities (d) reducing taxes (e) all of the preceding (f) none of the preceding.
- Approximately what percentage of its Gross Domestic Product does Canada spend on research and development (a) 3 % (b) 2% (c) 5% (d) 1.5%
- Mark Carney says the world’s ability to deal with crises is hampered by (a) reduced government budgets (b) budget deficits (c) a contorted sense of what is profitable (d) all of the preceding.
- Austerity measures can (a) slow economic growth (b) worsen debt levels (c) contribute to political instability (d) all of the preceding (e) none of the preceding.
- The best time for austerity measures is when (a) debt is highest (b) economy is expanding (c) right wing parties are in power (d) left wing parties are in power (e) a recession is underway
- Solutions to widespread tax avoidance include (a) turning a blind eye (b) a global tax regime (c) increased government spending (d) tariffs (e) none of the preceding.
- Financial transaction taxes are thought to be a possible solution to (a) country competition for lower tax rates (b) stock market speculation (c) real-estate bubbles (d) both a and b (e) none of the preceding (f) both a and c (g) none of the preceding.
- Marxian, World Systems Theory and Developmentalist are all C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8 more letters) of the mainstream economics view of free trade.
- David Ricardo is most closely associated with (a) non-tariff barriers (b) theory of comparative advantage (c) theory of competitive advantage (d) Portuguese wine production.
- Those critical of freer trade might be wary of (a) shifting production patterns (b) restriction of government’s ability to respond to citizen demands (c) cultural dominance of bigger players (d) lowering environmental and labour standards (e) all of the preceding.
- The “Indian Act” aimed to (a) create an indigenous distinct society (b) assimilate indigenous people into the majority (c) give power to provincial governments (d) all of the proceeding (e) none of the preceding.
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- Aboriginal Title refers to (a) a claim to land based on traditional occupancy (b) a claim to land based on treaty (c) an aspect of the Truth and Reconciliation Report (d) all of the preceding
- Indigenous self-government might take the form of (a) mega-constitutional amendments (b) the establishment of super-municipalities (c) greater local control (d) all of the preceding (e) none of the preceding.
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