Chapter 12-- Promise & Performance in the Command Economy Flashcards
after this, much of the world’s population came under the dominance of governments that hindered the growth of free markets
Bolshevik Revolution in 1917
the promotion of one’s own nation and government regardless of moral considerations
nationalism e
an economic system based upon public ownership and governmental control of the production and distribution of nearly all national resources
Communism
Father of Communism
Karl Marx
published by Marx in which he outlined classic Communist philosophy and described the steps he felt were needed to establish Communism worlwide
The Communist Manifesto
formulated the basic ideas of Communism and advocated the overthrow of free market
Karl Marx
Marx’s famous book
Das Kapital
property owners that needed to be overthrown in order to achieve Communism according to Marx
bourgeois
the common working class that that would be strictly ruled by officials who would act on behalf of the people according to Marx
proletariat
the perfect society
utopia
the professed aim of MArxist economics is
complete equality of condition