University of Amsterdam – Political Economy

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Sample practice questions

1. After the 2008 financial crisis a world-systems theorist announced that neoliberal globalization was dead; earlier, historical materialists had repeatedly announced capitalism's imminent collapse, after which capitalism survived. Which criticism of the critical perspectives does this pattern illustrate?
2. After a trade shock, one government wants preferential regional arrangements to protect employment, while another wants an open multilateral system matching its productive capacity. A network of recognised economists with an authoritative claim to policy-relevant knowledge proposes a regime of interventionist liberalism combining open trade with managed adjustment, and both governments accept it. Which constructivist explanation best accounts for the…
3. Which of the following observations most directly supports the charge that dependency theory suffers from conceptual ambiguity?

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