ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS CAPITALISM WILL EAT DEMOCRACY UNLESS WE SPEAK UP by Yanis Varoufakis
1. PART A: Which of the following identifies the
central idea of the text?
A Democracy and capitalism cannot coexist
due to the tendency for power to shift from
the people to corporations.
B The only way to achieve an authentic
democracy is by keeping the political and
economic spheres separate.
While the political and economic spheres
are connected, a country must first
succeed economically before it can
succeed politically.
D In order for democracy to persist in a
country, democracy needs to be present in
both the political sphere and the economic
sphere