Deneme Sınavı Soruları

What do we call "a tax that increases with the level of taxable income"?

When did the early manifestations of “economics imperialism” appear?

By whom was the Gini Coefficent coined? To represent inequality, economists use a measure called gini coefficient, ranging from 0 to 1. 0 represents perfect equality, while 1 represents maximal inequality. This measure,
which is widely used today, was coined by an Italian statistician Corrado Gini.

I the place of history has lost its importance,

II the dynamic nature of the economic process has been ignored,

III the idea of change has fallen from grace,

IV structures and institutions have no longer been a part of explanation,

V deductive, reductive and mathematical tools and methods have displaced the socially, culturally and politically relevant elements of the economy,

VI the nature and behaviors of economic agents have been taken granted without reference of their non-economic features.

Which of the above are some of the negative results of abstractions of neoclassical and neoliberal aconomies?

How do neo-Malthusians differ from Malthus's original perspective on population growth and resource depletion?

When considering trends in contemporary economics, which of the following statements is NOT reflective of long-term trends in the field of economics?

I. Post-Keynesianism, like Piketty’s theory and analysis, refers to another contemporary pole of fragmentation and dissidence in economics within the critical heterodox school and against mainstream economics.

II. Post-Keynesianian economists intensified Keynes’ critique of neoclassical economics and contributed to the critical political economy aspect of Keynes.

III. As post-Keynesian economists radicalize Keynes’ economics including neoclassical economics and the benefits of the capitalist economy, they agree with the neoclassical interpretation of Keynes in the old and new neoclassical synthesis. 

What can be said to be true about Post-Keynesianism?

I. Thorstein Veblen argued that an institutionalist account of the economy must have a Darwinian evolutionary methodic orientation. 

II. For Veblen, institution means ‘habits of thought’ and institutional change means the changes in habits of thought. 

III. Veblen mentions four types of instincts: ‘parental bent’, ‘workmanship’, 'catallactics', and ‘bent of idle curiosity.

Which of the given statements about Thorstein Veblen can be said to be true?

According to Marx, only labor is capable of producing a quantity of value that is greater than its own value. If the worker produces its own value within a portion of the working day (say, 5 hours on an 8-hour basis), the remaining portion will go to the production of _______________ (the remaining 3 hours).

Choose the option that completes the following sentence correctly.

"Whenever Karl Marx uses the term 'political economy', the reference is usually to the .......... political economy."

I mechanization is always labor-saving,

II through mechanization labor costs increase

III technological change is also affected by distribution and the class struggle,

IV the rising organic composition of capital coupled with mechanization tends to create crises,

In Marx’s analysis, mechanization in the large scale industry has above implications. Which of the options show the correct implications?

Choose the option that completes the following sentence correctly.

"Unlike in Classical and Neoclassical economics, .......... distinguishes between the notions of labor and labor-power."

Which one of the following is often considered the founding father of modern economics?

Choose the option that completes the following sentence correctly.

"The Classical school of thought usually starts with .......... in the late 18th century and ends with John Stuart Mill, in the middle of the 19th. "

“Every piece of property has a double use; both uses are uses of the thing itself, but they are not similar uses; for one is the proper use of the article in question; the other is not. For example, a shoe may be used either to put on your foot or to offer in exchange”.

 Which scholar uttered the above?