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Unit 3 Part 2
Global 10 Nagle
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adam Smith | the "father" of capitalism |
| Capitalism | investing money into business to make a profit |
| laissez-faire | belief that the government should have no control over business (hands off) |
| Thomas Malthus | the economist who warned that the population was increasing faster than the food supply |
| Socialism | idea that the government should control the factors of production to help society |
| Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles | co-authors of the Communist Manifesto |
| bourgeoisie | middle-class employers and factory owners |
| proletariat | poor factory workers |
| Communism | idea that after a revolt, workers would take control of the factors of production and government would no longer exist |