chapter 4 Flashcards
(12 cards)
adam smith
-free market (capitalism)
-believed in equal distribution of wealth
-hated monopolies
-competition is neccesary (inivative)
capitalism
-free market
anti trust laws
get rid of monopolies
social mobility
the idea that no matter where you are born you can move up classes
-economic liberalism
monopoly
one or very few companies control economic flow
class system
limits equal distribution of wealth
classical liberalism
rights of the individual
distribution of wealth
-free market
-freedom of choice economically
-sell and produce
-social mobility
haudenosunee confederacy
participatory democracy (no represntatives, individuals particpate)
-power in numbers
-formed due to colinization
john stuart mill
individuals should be free to act as they wish, as long as didn’t infringe on other peoples rights
laisses faire
-free market
let the economy be, driven by compeition
mercantilism
export more than they import