In a Market-Directed Economy

question 65

Multiple Choice

In a market-directed economy:

• A) marketing managers make all the important economic decisions.
• B) government planners make all the important economic decisions.
• C) all the important economic decisions are made by voters in political elections.
• D) consumers make all the important economic decisions.
• E) the individual decisions of the many producers and consumers make the macro-level decisions for the whole economy.

Recognize the significance of ethnic enclaves in the socioeconomic integration of immigrants.

Understand the historical and social context behind mass incarceration policies.

Identify and describe the characteristics and examples of supermax prisons.

Recognize significant publications and their impact on prison reform and policy.

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Definitions:

Specialized Farming

Agricultural practices focusing on the cultivation of specific crops or the raising of certain types of livestock, often to maximize efficiency and output.

Shifting Cultivation

A form of agriculture where an area of ground is cleared, cultivated for a few years, and then abandoned for its fertility to naturally replenish.

Early Hunter-Gatherers

Human societies in the Paleolithic era who subsisted by hunting wild animals and gathering plant foods, without engaging in sustained agriculture.