QUESTION

1What evidence is there that democracy and liberal values in Europe, the United States, and Turkey are threatened? In what ways might these fears be overblown?

2. In what ways are defensive (benign) and offensive (malevolent) mercantilism different? Why is it sometimes difficult to tell the difference between them?

3. Lenin argued that capitalism was able to delay its crisis through international expansion. Explain what Lenin meant by imperialism. Outline examples of imperialism in the global political economy today.

4. From Constructivism: Explain how economic ideas and beliefs have shaped the policies of governments and international organizations.

5. Explain the different perspectives of liberals, mercantilists and structuralists on TNCs.

6. Many people in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere are disenchanted with the effects of the international trade structure. Explain why.

7. For what reasons might it be in a country’s national interest to regulate TNCs’ access to Big Data and strictly regulate information technology companies and digital services providers?

8. Describe how economic liberal ideas and globalization positively and negatively shaped developments in the monetary and finance structures.

9. What benefits do economic liberals think result from the shift of a greater proportion of global manufacturing from developed to developing countries?

10. Structuralists argue that capitalists use a number of political and economic mechanisms to control the subordinate classes and to get them to believe in the legitimacy of the capitalist system. Find at least three examples of this assertion.

11.The GSS. Where is it headed and why?Describe some ways that governments try to foster innovation in society.?