Exam 14: What Role for the Public Sector

Public spending as a share of national income tends to increase during periods of economic recession.

In the context of the global financial crisis the UK government effectively rescued some major banks from collapse by taking them into public ownership. These were: (Please select all that apply.)

UK public spending, as a share of national income, is among the highest of OECD member states.

In his famous blueprint for the post-war welfare state in Britain, Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942), Beveridge identified 'five giant evils', including: (Please select all that apply.)

Public sector employment in the UK fell by nearly 1 million between 2009 and 2016.

The public sector comprises: (Please select all that apply)

What is the largest single component of the British welfare state in terms of spending?

The principal reasons for privatization include: (Please select all that apply.)

Recent data (2013) comparing the UK with OECD and EU states show that the UK is currently a relatively low spender on healthcare.

The main role of government today being in the provision of goods and services can be referred to in terms of: (Please select all that apply)

The rationale for the welfare state as a correction of market outcomes has a number of elements. Please select all that apply.

The principal reasons for nationalization of business are: (Please select all that apply.)

Measures of public spending in real terms are calculated:

From a socialist point of view the systemic flaws of capitalism are: (Please select all that apply.)

In the 2017 UK general election campaign the Labour Party made a commitment to 'renationalize' a number of industries, including: (Please select all that apply.)

For neoliberals 'government is the problem, not the solution'.

According to liberalism the benefits of a market or capitalist system are: (Please select all that apply.)

The private sector comprises: (Please select all that apply.)

When looking at long-run changes in the composition of the public sector workforce, the most important trend seems to be:

The author of the famous blueprint for the post-war welfare state, Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942), was: