CDNS 1000 Lecture Notes - Neocolonialism, Oka Crisis, Kanesatake, Quebec

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He argues that the project of canada is about extending liberalism as far and deeply as possible. The project of canada is about extending the idea of individual liberty (the individual is the key element of society). It is about extending the idea that we have a liberal sense of quality (everyone is treated the same under the law) and that the project of. Canada is about extending the idea of property rights, but the key thing is that the ongoing project of canada is always resistive by certain segments of the population. That means that canada is a very incoherent and unfixed idea. What we have to think about is what are the forces of society that are extending and resisting the project of. He argues that canadian history and canadian society are held together by a series of myths about the present.

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1. How did women suddenly entering the workforce affect the official measure of GDP?

2. Does the fact that we never have included home production (housekeeping, raising the kids, etc) in the calculation of GDP mean that we have historically under calculated or over calculated U.S. GDP?

3. Since nothing in economics happens in a vacuum, what other (intentional or unintentional) effects have the change in workforce status for women had on the country? What other measurements have changed significantly in the same time period? Are they related?

Most economists view the united states’ experience with trade as:

a. one from which no firm conclusions about the virtues of free trade can be reached, due to the relatively short history of international trade in the U.S.
b. one from which no firm conclusions about the virtues of free trade can be reached due to the lack of trade within the U.S. throughout most of the early history of the U.S.
c. an ongoing experiment that confirms the virtues of free trade.
d. an ongoing experiment that calls into serious question the notion that free trade enhances the economic well-being of a nation.

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1. If we know that Canada exports maple syrup, we can conclude that maple syrup consumers in Canada are worse off than they would be in the absence of trade.

Is the statement true or false?

2. When a country opens up to trade in a good for which it has a comparative advantage, and the country begins to export the good, we can conclude that:

	a.	The domestic price will fall after trade opens up.
	b.	The total surplus for this good will increase as a result of opening up the market to international trade.
	c.	Opening the market to international trade will create a deadweight loss.
	d.	Both buyers and sellers in that country will be better off as a consequence of opening up the market to international trade.

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CDNS 1000 Lecture Notes - Neocolonialism, Oka Crisis, Kanesatake, Quebec

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