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25 Economics 1
EDS 160
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who developed modern capitalism? | Adam Smith |
| What motivates economic action in capitlaism? | Self-interest |
| What regulates markets naturally in capitalism? | Invisible hand |
| What does competition create in capitalism? | Lower prices |
| What system resists government control and means "let them do"? | Laissez-faire |
| What economic system values private ownership? | Capitalism |
| Who suffers under capitalism? | Workers |
| What system rejects private property? | Communism |
| Who proposed class struggle theory? | Karl Marx |
| What document outlined class conflict? | Communist Manifesto |
| What did Marx call religion? | Opiate |
| What class fights the bourgeoisie? | Proletariat |
| What phase follows revolution? | Socialism |
| What comes after socialism? | Communism |
| What ideology allows moral shortcuts in communism? | End-justifies-means |
| What weakened Marx’s predictions? | Human nature |
| What phrase defines socialism’s reward system? | To each deed |
| What phrase defines communism’s distribution system? | To each need |
| Where was Adam Smith from? | Scotland |
| Where was Karl Marx from? | Germay |
| What term basically means "hands off". Adam Smith used it to say that the government should keep its hands off of the economy. | Laissez-Faire |
| The anectdote about the butcher and the brewer show the importance of _____________ _____________ in capitalism. | self interest |