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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. Lobbying is the act of trying to influence whom?

2. Critics claim that FDR's New Deal programs were close to whose fascism?

3. The author believes that when the ban on physical force is breached, then there is no what?

4. The author believes that being free means freedom from what?

5. What does the author believe that productive work generates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What meaning does the author give to the idea that public interest supersedes private interests and rights?

2. Why, according to the author, do many less-developed countries hate the U.S.?

3. How does the author see the conflict between the Democrats and the Republicans in America?

4. What does the pope's encyclical say motivates capitalism?

5. What brings about an intellectual movement's collapse?

6. What does taxation do to the marketplace?

7. What is the reason, according to the author, that capitalism is having trouble sustaining itself?

8. What does the debate at the Republican National Convention over the John Birch Society calling Eisenhower a Communist create?

9. What are the two ways that man can comprehend the world, according to Fromm?

10. From what belief do foreign-aid programs stem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on the information given in this book, do men work better in an atmosphere of freedom rather than one of coercion? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book to support your answer; why does Alan Greenspan believe that the U.S. antitrust laws are flawed, and what does he think should be done about the problem?

Essay Topic 3

What are some common fallacies about capitalism, and how do the common fallacies affect capitalism? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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