Chapter 04 - Policies of the State

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Across

  1. The acronym for a three-word phrase that means the total value of all goods and services produced in a year in a country. (3)
  2. The Cold-War-Era term used to describe the bloc of anti-communist countries. (4)
  3. The act of transforming to private ownership an economic enterprise that was previously owned and managed by the state. (13)
  4. A Cold-War-Era term used to describe the Communist-bloc countries. (4)
  5. The taking over by government of a private enterprise, usually with compensation to the former owner(s) (15)
  6. The phrase used to describe taxes whose "bite" is less obvious to tax payers. (two words) (12)
  7. A tax on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a product or service; often cited as an example of a "hidden" tax. (two words) (10)
  8. The confiscation of private property by a government, usually without compensation. (13)
  9. A symbiotic relationship among: 1) a particular special interest group, 2) a set of elected officials that supports that special interest, and 3) the non-elected bureaucrats who administer the government program that furthers that special interest. Such relationships are very difficult to eliminate and instead tend to expand over time. (two words) (13)

Down

  1. The type of pension program where current workers' contributions are earmarked for eventual payout as their own retirement benefits. (10)
  2. Since the 1980s, economic inequality in the U.S is generally INCREASING or DECREASING. (10)
  3. A varied but generally poorer and less-developed set of states in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. (two words) (11)
  4. Which country had the highest share of GDP going to government expenditures in the 1980s: US, Britain, Sweden, or USSR? (4)
  5. An example of a pay-as-you-go pension system, i.e., one in which the cost of pensions for those already retired are funded by the contributions of those still working. (two words) (15)
  6. Globalization tends to INCREASE or DECREASE the size of national governments? (8)
  7. Third-World countries have generally become MORE or LESS democratic since the end of the Cold War? (4)


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