Patterns of Thought

A "hands off" policy by the government towards business 

• laissez-faire
• Socialism
• Marxists
• proletariat 

"Wealth of Nations" was written by 

• Karl Marx
• Adam Smith
• Charles Fourier
• Robert Owen 

Adam Smith was a 

• communist
• socialist
• capitalist
• marxist

All of the following are arguments FOR capitalism EXCEPT

• a business man could make a maximum profit doing things as he saw fit
• it would lead to increased production
• a greater amount of goods would be available to consumers
• there would be no poor people in society

Liberals

• favor government intervention
• see no point in government intervention in business
• work with the government to set working conditions
• are the working class

According to liberals like Malthus, who was to blame for the poverty conditions faced by some working families

• the factory owners
• the government
• the workers
• foreign investors

Why, according to liberals, were working class people living in poverty?

• families had more children than they could support
• wages were too low
• competition for jobs was too high due to vast amounts of immigrants
• they spent money foolishly 

Who went against a laissez-faire policy and urged government reforms to help suffering workers?

• Liberals
• Democratic Liberals
• Utopian Socialists
• Marxists

Ideas favored by Democratic Liberals include

• a reduction in working hours
• safer working conditions
• formation of labor unions w/ voting rights for workers
• all of the options are ture

"Small communities properly organized can offer citizens ideal working and living conditions." This quote describes

• Utopian Socialism
• Capitalism
• Marxism
• Communism