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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What right does the government have that a private organization does not?

2. What thrives on free trade, according to the author?

3. The author says the Industrial Revolution would never occur under what?

4. The Aluminum Company of America holds a position as the only producer of what?

5. Who is the author of this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is intellectual property different than physical property?

2. How are businessmen persecuted?

3. What does capitalism do to the standard of living?

4. What are patents and copyrights?

5. What should the governments of free countries protect?

6. What does Greenspan think of U.S. antitrust laws?

7. How does the existence of money help people?

8. How does a government protect its citizens?

9. What are the first labor laws concerning children about?

10. How does government regulation purport to protect the consumer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on the various authors in the book, what role does economics have on politics? Discuss the differences and similarities in the views held by Rand, Branden and Greenspan. Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book to support your answer; what does Rand mean when she says there is morality in rational self-interest?

Essay Topic 3

What does the author believe about businessmen and capitalism? How are businessmen central to the author's arguments about capitalism?

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