Social 30-1 Philosophers
Friedrich Engels
-founder of Marxism/Communist Manifesto (along with Marx)
Adam Smith
-wealth of nations is created by wealth produced by individuals -classical liberalism
Robert Owen
-workers worked better when they were treated better -utopian socialist
John Maynard Keynes
-demand side economics -modern liberalism -monetary and fiscal policy
Karl Marx
-dialectical materialism (economics is the reason for change in history) -private property is theft -human history is a history of class struggle -Das Kapital
Fredrich Hayek
-classical liberalism -opponent of Keynes -his ideas inspired neo-conservatives
Rousseau
-people are born feee but in chains in society -people are essentially good and equal -individualist
Thomas Hobbes
-pessimistic -people will do anything to get ahead -survival of the fittest -collectivist -lots of gov't involvement
John Stuart Mill
-rights protect the vulnerable -freedom only limited if it causes harm to others
Milton Friedman
-supported monetarism (controls amount of money in circulation0 -supply side economics -economic busts were the result of booms
Montesquieu
-supported separation of powers -people should be free but rights protected -individualist
Edmund Burke
-supports tradition and maintaing "status quo" -conservative -gov't is essential to maintain tradition and ensure a society based on law and order
John Locke
-valued private property -people are free but gov't protects rights -gov't governs with consent of people