Document Analysis 5.8 Marx vs Smith

According to Document 1, what is the ultimate object of the mercantile system?

• To prioritize the interest of the producer over the consumer

• To discourage importation and encourage exportation

• To enrich the country by an advantageous balance of trade

• To constantly revolutionize the instruments of production

What distinguishes the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones, as per Document 2?

• Nestling everywhere and settling everywhere

• Constant revolutionizing of production

• Uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions

• Conservation of old modes of production

According to Document 1, what is the sole end and purpose of all production?

• Sacrificing the interest of the consumer

• Enriching the country by an advantageous balance of trade

• Consumption

• Promoting the interest of the producer

As per Document 2, what is the need of the bourgeoisie for its products?

• To constantly revolutionize the instruments of production

• To nestle everywhere and settle everywhere

• To connect everywhere

• To have a constantly expanding market

What does Document 1 propose to discourage and encourage in order to give workmen an advantage?

• Discourage importation and encourage exportation

• Discourage the exportation of materials of manufacture and encourage importation of materials of manufacture

• Discourage the exportation of materials of manufacture and encourage importation of manufactured commodities

• Discourage the exportation of instruments of trade and encourage importation of materials of manufacture

According to Document 2, what happens to all fixed, fast-frozen relations in the bourgeois epoch?

• They become antiquated before they can ossify

• They are swept away

• They are constantly revolutionized

• They are conserved in unaltered form

What does Document 1 consider as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce?

• Production

• Consumption

• Enriching the country by an advantageous balance of trade

• Promoting the interest of the producer

What is one similarity between the two authors?

What is one difference between the two authors?

Provide the Point of view (perspective or stance) of document 1?