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PCS Global 10C
Industrial Revolution/Economic Thinkers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | wrote Communist Manifesto |
| John Stuart Mills | to help working class; population grows faster than food supply |
| Thomas Malthus | believed the population would outpace the food supply |
| Robert Owens | didn't believe in laissez faire system of government; begins social reforms |
| James Watt | improved on the steam engine |
| David Ricardo | have more children if pay increased; wrote Iron Law of Wages |
| Adam Smith | wrote Wealth of Nations |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin to quickly remove seeds from cotton |
| Communist Economic Theory | believed two social classes (have/have nots), people couldn't own private land, government should have complete control |