America and Free Trade [:

Robert

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Kelsey

Since WWII has the way of our standard living…

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25% 1. Increased each decade

2. Decreased each decade

3. Stayed the same

4. Increased every year

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If big businesses weren’t losing to outsourcing and small businesses weren’t making jobs what would

the unemployment rate be much higher than…

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2.5 3.5 4.5 2.1 3. 4. .5

1. 2.5

2. 3.5

3. 4.5

4. 2.1

5. 3.0

6. 4.0

7. .5

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One reason why the lump of labor theory wrong?

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Assumption... Assumption... Because Th...

1. Assumption that everything that is going to be invented wont be invented

2. Assumption that everything that is going to be invented has been invented.

3. Because Thomas L. Friedman said so.

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Second reason why the lump of labor theory is wrong?

25% 25%25%25%1. Therefore economic competition is a full on game.

2. Therefore economic competition is a zero sum game.

3. Therefore economic competition is good.

4. Because the world is flat.

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America should be reforming the economies of…

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17%1. China and America

2. Europe and China

3. India and China

4. India and North Korea

5. India and America

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Which way does knowledgeable workers have to move in a flat world?

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1. Vertically

2. Up

3. Down

4. Horizontally

5. Diagonally

6. None at all

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What two countries now have their free-trade pact?

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1. India and China

2. China and Europe

3. America and Europe

4. America and India

5. America and China

6. America and North Korea

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Which way does low-skilled workers have to move in a flat world?

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Diagonally Vertically Horizontally

Down Up Through

1. Diagonally

2. Vertically

3. Horizontally

4. Down

5. Up

6. Through

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There may be a limit to the number of good factory jobs in the world but…

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There is no limit... There is a limit ... The limit will al...

The limit will al... The limit will al...

1. There is no limit to the number of idea-generated jobs in the world.

2. There is a limit to the number of idea-generated jobs in the world.

3. The limit will always stay the same.

4. The limit will always decrease.

5. The limit will always increase.

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Which restaurant should come to Madison?

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14%1. Red Lobster

2. Olive Garden

3. Quaker Steak and Lube

4. Steak n Shake

5. Outback

6. Chipotle

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