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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. While in prison, who did Saint-Simone claim appeared to him, telling him to become a philosopher?

2. John Stuart Mill's book was written when he was in his forties. What is the name of the book?

3. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?

4. One of the featured economists was never more than what?

5. What is the biggest danger facing a modern community?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Charles Fourier propose to reorganize the Earth he believed was characterized by chaos and unhappiness?

2. How does Heilbroner describe the nine economist in his introduction?

3. How did David Ricardo view society?

4. What was the premise of Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society?

5. Why was Ricardo against the Corn Laws?

6. What did most people in ancient societies aspire to?

7. What is the difference between markets and the market system?

8. What was the market system?

9. What is the proof that there is not a perfect solution to man's survival?

10. What is the greatest danger to survival in an advanced society?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Thorstein Veblen discover when "he delved into the nature of the economic man and his economic rites and rituals"? Discuss fully his approach to economics and his theories as well as how both were received by society.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in detail the two themes put forth in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.

Essay Topic 3

How successful were the worldly philosophers in determining how the role of order and meaning functions within the context of social history? Support your answer with evidence and examples.

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