Choose ONE of the following essay questions:
1. Can boom and bust cycles be prevented in capitalist systems?
2. To what extent are oligarchy and democracy compatible?
3. “Climate change is a global problem, so only global solutions will work to prevent it.”
Discuss.
4. Should we be worried about the potential for overpopulation?
5. “Class struggle is being replaced by inter-generational struggle.” Do you agree?
6. How new are ‘New Wars’?
7. Has globalisation made cities more or less important?
8. How should new technologies be regulated? Answer with specific reference to two of the
following technologies: food biotechnologies, reproductive technologies and technologies of
human enhancement.
9. How should governments in advanced industrialised countries respond to the rise of
automation?