Deck 3: The System and Public Schools

Question 1

Government does not have an affirmative duty to correct imbalances in educational opportunity.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

According to Niebuhr, man is unlike other mammals in that he is not selfish as to social or economic status.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The System explained by Yunus is responsible for poverty and inequality.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Reality indicates that most laws of a nation are designed to protect property.

Question 5

Adam Smith, the author of the treatise, The Wealth of Nations, was a professor at the University of Chicago.

Question 6

Extractive economic systems are most commonly found in advanced nations.

Question 7

Governments should not redistribute wealth.

Question 8

A "mixed economy" facilitates economic growth.

Question 9

Free and reduced-price lunches in the United States are designed to address both relative and absolute poverty.

Question 10

The United States has the greatest intergenerational mobility of any developed nation.

Question 11

Briefly describe the two basic responsibilities of government to its citizenry.

Question 12

What is the System discussed and elaborated upon in this chapter?

Question 13

Who is Muhammed Yunus and why is he well-known worldwide?

Question 14

Who was Thomas Hobbes and what was his contribution to political philosophy?

Question 15

Define the economic concept of the "invisible hand." What famous economist is known for explaining the concept?

Question 16

How does government "seed" poverty? Can government mitigate poverty?

Question 17

Explain the "Cycle of the System," government initiatives that can be identified in the cycle.

Question 18

Explain the nature of an "extractive economic" system and an "extractive political" system.

Question 19

Explain the nature of an "inclusive economic" system and an "inclusive political" system.

Question 20

Jeffrey Sachs maintains that productive nations have "mixed economies." What are the five core elements of a "mixed economy"?

Question 21

How does intergenerational mobility of the United States compare to other developed nations?

Question 22

Describe the concept of "fractionalization" as propounded by Alesina and Glaeser in their book Fighting Poverty in the United States and Europe: A World of Difference.

Question 23

What is the effect of race on social and economic mobility?

Question 24

Child poverty rates in the United States are relatively high compared to other developed countries. What reasons would you conjecture causes this situation?

Question 25

What is meant by the terminology "educational overburden"?

Question 26

Briefly describe the "safety net" for families and children in the United States. How does it compare to other countries?

Question 27

How is the system of taxation in a country implicated in social and economic equality?

Question 28

Expand on the idea that poverty is related to educational achievement.