The Fact That Trade Policy Often Imposes Harm on Large

question 46

Multiple Choice

The fact that trade policy often imposes harm on large numbers of people, and benefits only a few may be explained by

• A) the lack of political involvement of the public.
• B) the power of advertisement.
• C) the problem of collective action.
• D) the basic impossibility of the democratic system to reach a fair solution.
• E) a cycle of political corruption.

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Definitions:

Motivation

The psychological processes that direct and maintain goal-directed behaviors.

Transference

In psychotherapy, the process by which emotions originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another, especially to the therapist.

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses and to maintain one's self-schema.

Anxiety

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.