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Economic Schools of Thought

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the founder of modern economics?

a)

Thomas Malthus

b)

Adam Smith

c)

David Ricardo

d)

Karl Marx

2.

Ideas rose to power in the 1930s. Believed that government should do something to spark economic activity.

a)

Friedrich Hayek

b)

John Maynard Keynes

c)

Milton Friedman

3.

Leader of the Monetarist school of thought. The idea that a steady money supply was key to economic growth.

a)

John Maynard Keynes

b)

Milton Friedman

c)

Friedrich Hayek

4.

Which school of economic thought was adopted by FDR in the 1930s?

a)

monetarist

b)

classical

c)

Keynesian

5.

In this form of capitalism, the government adopts a "hands-off" policy toward the economy.

a)

laissez-faire capitalism

b)

mixed economy

c)

anarcho-capitalism

d)

feudalism

6.

Which theory believes the economy should be controlled through Money Supply

a)

Classical

b)

Keynesian

c)

Monetarism

d)

Austrian

7.

Keynesian economics emphasize a key role in the economy for

a)

Free market forces

b)

Supply side management

c)

Fiscal Policy (Gov't intervention)

d)

Monetary Policy

8.
Supply-siders generally favor _______. 
a)
tax increases
b)
decreases in demand
c)
deregulation
d)
government intervention
9.
the origin of supply side economics is 
a)
keynesian economics 
b)
monetarist economics 
c)
neo classical economists 
d)
post marxist reform economists 
10.

Fiscal policy

a)

Policies related to controlling the rates of interest in an economy

b)

Policies related to government expenditure to promote investment

c)

Policies related to taxation to stimulate economic activity

d)

Policies related to changing the levels of taxation and government spending in order to influence aggregate demand and the level of economic activity

11.

Sticky wages

a)

When wages and prices don't come down quickly enough to eliminate the market surplus

b)

When wages don't increase fast enough to reflect increasing demand

c)

Wages that are sticky

12.

Which argument is typically associated with classical economists?

a)

A market economy is self-correcting and thus will not remain in a recession indefinitely

b)

A Market economy has stable prices and thus is usually free from inflation

c)

A market economy requires a strong government to ensure that the market meets the needs of the people

d)

A market economy eventually results in monopolies in both the input and output markets

13.

The purpose of expansionary fiscal policy is to:

a)

prevent stagflation.

b)

increase aggregate demand to increase GDP and employment.

c)

slow down rising prices to control aggregate supply.

d)

decrease aggregate demand to decrease GDP and unemployment.

14.

Father of Macroeconomics

a)

Thomas Malthus

b)

John Maynard Keynes

c)

Alfred Marshall

d)

Francois Quesnay

15.

Supply creates its own demand is known as...

a)

Quantity theory of money

b)

Say's Law

c)

Free market theory