Exam 17: Environmental Economics Politics and Worldviews

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A representative ____________________ is a form of government run by the people through elected officials and representatives.

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The ____ worldview holds that the earth has existed for billions of years and does not need saving.​

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The economically and politically powerful interests that receive perverse subsidies spend a lot of time and money on ____,thus shifting to non-perverse subsidies would be difficult.​

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Environmental economists favor adjusting existing economic policies and tools to be more environmentally beneficial.

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A potential problem to finding solutions to our environmental problems is that the message of environmental degradation often carries a negative tone that turns off many people.

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Mahatma Gandhi's ____________________ states: "The earth provides enough to satisfy every person's need but not every person's greed....When we take more than we need,we are simply taking from each other,borrowing from the future,or destroying the environment and other species."

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Which worldview sees humans as the planet's most important species?​

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Celebrating and protecting ____ through a variety of approaches is an ethical guideline for developing more sustainable and compassionate societies.​

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Analyses of budgets and appropriations reveal that the government has given an average of $2.7 million a day in ____ for privately-owned interests that use U.S.public lands for activities such as mining,fossil fuel extraction,logging,and livestock grazing.

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Since 1992,the Xerox company has been ____________________ most of its copying machines as part of its mission to provide document services rather than to sell new photocopiers that would consume more resources than necessary.

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A fundamental idea behind ____ is understanding that natural capital supports our economies.​

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Briefly explain how the concept of microlending can help people get out of poverty.

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In a market-based economic system,economic decisions about prices are controlled by ____.​

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The view that natural resources are important but not indispensable is held by ____.​

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The Biosphere 2 experiment showed that science is very capable of engineering sustainable ecological systems.

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The measure of the annual market value of all goods and services produced by all firms and organizations,foreign and domestic,operating within a country is known as the ____________________.

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In a truly ____________________ economic system,the market prices of goods and services would include all of their direct and indirect costs associated with environmental degradation.

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A way that individuals can provide environmental leadership is to purchase and eat food that has been sustainably produced.

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Which federal agency manages U.S.public lands and is responsible for land that is used primarily for grazing,mining,and oil and gas extraction in the western states?​

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Which approach to business is least ecologically-minded?​

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