Social 30-1 Philosophers

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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


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