Study Questions
By admin • Mar 23rd, 2006 • Category: Issue Five: Contemporary ExamplesGold
1. What is a cartel? Why is the Medellin cartel, which controls the world’s production of cocaine, more powerful than OPEC in maintaining the price of its product?
2. How do a few companies that control a large percentage of an industry positively or negatively affect the consumer?
3. When a company such as Wal-Mart exerts power in the marketplace, what are the economic and cultural tradeoffs?
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4. How were the Dalai Lama, Reverend Billy Graham, and Pope John Paul II able to transcend their religious affiliations? Does their appeal translate into political power?
5. In what ways do fringe groups of established religions exert power around the world?
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6. To what extent do men have a greater drive for power than women?
7. Are powerful men and powerful women perceived differently in the United States? Why, or why not? Is this true globally?
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8. What effect can demographic changes have on the balance of power? Consider as examples aging populations and Hispanic populations.
9. Is terrorism a productive use of power? Defend your answer.
