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What conundrum does humanity face in the 21st century?
What conundrum does humanity face in the 21st century?
- The struggle to feed and clothe billions
- The threat of global epidemics
- The challenge of escaping earth's gravity
- The widening gap in economic power and ownership (correct)
What did the Chemical & Engineering News 'Special Report' predict in 1972?
What did the Chemical & Engineering News 'Special Report' predict in 1972?
- The widening gap in economic power and ownership
- The plague of global epidemics
- The spread of war from countries to regions to the world (correct)
- The rise of global terrorism and weapons of mass destruction
What is a major problem highlighted in the text?
What is a major problem highlighted in the text?
- The lack of knowledge and information sharing
- The struggle to produce enough food and clothing
- The scarcity of global commerce and exchange
- The unequal distribution of economic power and ownership (correct)
Why do most people suffer under both capitalism and socialism?
Why do most people suffer under both capitalism and socialism?
What is the consequence of rising levels of consumer credit, according to the text?
What is the consequence of rising levels of consumer credit, according to the text?
What is the primary goal of the graduated personal income tax and the corporate income tax, according to the text?
What is the primary goal of the graduated personal income tax and the corporate income tax, according to the text?
What does the text suggest is necessary for effective, long-term solutions to global crises?
What does the text suggest is necessary for effective, long-term solutions to global crises?
What do people on the left believe the 'Third Way' to be?
What do people on the left believe the 'Third Way' to be?
What did the Washington Post editorialize about the 'Third Way'?
What did the Washington Post editorialize about the 'Third Way'?
What is lacking in a 'Just Third Way'?
What is lacking in a 'Just Third Way'?
What does the 'Just Third Way' propose as an alternative model of development?
What does the 'Just Third Way' propose as an alternative model of development?
What is one effect of globalization on the United States?
What is one effect of globalization on the United States?
What is the current system of economic globalization producing, according to the text?
What is the current system of economic globalization producing, according to the text?
What flaw do prevailing capitalist, socialist, and mixed economic systems share, according to the text?
What flaw do prevailing capitalist, socialist, and mixed economic systems share, according to the text?
What is the defining principle of justice that the current economic paradigms lack, according to the text?
What is the defining principle of justice that the current economic paradigms lack, according to the text?
What happens when the power to produce is rising rapidly but the power to consume marketable goods and services is shrinking or confined to a stagnant or shrinking consumer base?
What happens when the power to produce is rising rapidly but the power to consume marketable goods and services is shrinking or confined to a stagnant or shrinking consumer base?
What is the toll on the economy of damage to the environment?
What is the toll on the economy of damage to the environment?
What is one potential solution to prevent harm to others and the environment caused by pollution?
What is one potential solution to prevent harm to others and the environment caused by pollution?
What does economic globalization mean for most people?
What does economic globalization mean for most people?
