Charles Fourier and Saint Simon were the real pioneers of ________.
- A.socialism
- B.capitalism
- C.feudalism
- D.Fascism
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, socialism. Charles Fourier and Saint-Simon were French thinkers of the early nineteenth century who, with Robert Owen in Britain, argued that competition should be replaced by cooperative and planned communities in which property is held in common. They are called the Utopian socialists and are treated as the real pioneers of socialist thought, coming before the scientific socialism of Karl Marx. Option B, capitalism, is wrong: its classic defence came from Adam Smith in 1776. Option C, feudalism, was the medieval order of lords and serfs that had existed for centuries and was propounded by nobody. Option D, Fascism, arose in Italy after the First World War under Mussolini and is opposed to socialism in both aim and method. For the examination keep the three names of the Utopian socialists together: Robert Owen, Saint-Simon and Charles Fourier.
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Practice Questions
View allIn a capitalist economy, what mainly decides which goods will be produced?
- A.A five year plan prepared by the state
- B.The price mechanism and the profit motive
- C.The decisions of a central bank
- D.Orders of the planning authority
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In a capitalist or market economy the means of production are privately owned and nobody issues orders about production.
Read the full explanation →The book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, which gave the idea of the invisible hand, was written by:
- A.Karl Marx
- B.Adam Smith
- C.J. M. Keynes
- D.David Ricardo
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The Scottish economist published the Wealth of Nations in 1776 and is called the father of economics; he argued that if each person pursues his own interest in a free market, an invisible hand guides the outcome to the good of society, which became the classic defence of capitalism and…
Read the full explanation →An economy in which the public sector and the private sector exist side by side is called:
- A.Capitalist economy
- B.Socialist economy
- C.Mixed economy
- D.Command economy
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In such an economy the state owns and runs the industries that need very large capital or serve strategic and social purposes, regulates the rest by law, and leaves ordinary production to private enterprise, while keeping responsibility for welfare and employment.
Read the full explanation →Das Kapital, one of the foundation texts of socialist economics, was written by:
- A.Friedrich Engels
- B.Karl Marx
- C.Robert Owen
- D.V. I. Lenin
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Marx published the first volume of Das Kapital in 1867; it analysed capital, surplus value and the exploitation of labour and became the basic text of what is called scientific socialism.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is not one of the central problems of an economy?
- A.What to produce
- B.How to produce
- C.For whom to produce
- D.Who will rule the country
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Because resources are scarce and wants are unlimited, every economy must answer three questions, and these are called its central problems: what goods and in what quantity to produce, how to produce them, that is by which technique and combination of labour and capital, and for whom to produce, that…
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