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Adam Smith Trading CardAdam Smith was known as the Father of Capitalism. He had the Ideology that if the collective worked for themselves then it would benefit everyone in the area. His work was the foundation for capitalist systems that would be implied later around the world. Another one of his theories that was later used by future governments is the idea that no one being within the nation is above the law, therefore everyone had to obey the rules. This would later be known as Rule of Law. He was also in favour of self interest because he believed that self interest would lead to a stronger economy. This is also known as supply and demand. The fluctuating of price, demand, and supply is response to one another. This idea was later known in modern society to be the Invisible Hand. Famous Quote by Adam Smith: "Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another."
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Montesquieu Trading CardMontesquieu had an idea called the separation of powers. The government is separated into 3 branches. The executive, judicial, and legislative. His idea is still present in modern day governments. His idea was to completely expel the estate system. Then he provoked the idea that an individual should have an unprecedented amount of involvement in the government. His idea of separation of powers was used in England in his time. They divided power into 3 branches. The king enforced laws, the parliament made the laws, and the judges interpreted the laws. Famous Quote by Montesquieu: "There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice."
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Voltaire Trading CardAround the 1700's Voltaire studied the political system of France. He then concluded that the French system was corrupt and unfair. He believed that it favoured to much of the Aristocracy and Noblemen which caused the poor commoners to have very little rights. Voltaire was a Christian but he believed that everyone should have the right to religious freedom. He was not a fan of the church. This was because he thought the church was in politics for its own gain and was using tactics to suppress the lower class. Voltaire brought forth many ideas including the introduction of laws that gave everyone the right to a fair trial, freedom of religion, and the separation of church and state. He also brought forth the idea of freedom of speech. This was a huge step forward at the time. Famous Quote by Voltaire: "Common sense is not so common."
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Milton Friedman Trading CardMilton Friedman was an American economist who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. Milton Friedman developed the idea of Monetarism. It emphasizes the role of governments in controlling the amount of money in circulation. It argues that excessive expansion of the money supply is inherently inflationary, and that monetary authorities should focus solely on maintaining price stability. Friedman believed that changes in the money supply are the most significant determinant of the rate of economic growth and the behavior of the business cycle. In other words, if the money supply is growing so will the economy. Famous Quote by Milton Friedman: "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
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John Maynard Keynes Trading CardJohn Maynard Keynes developed Keynesian Economics in an attempt to understand the great depression. Keynesian Economics are the various macroeconomic theories about how in the short run economic output is strongly influenced by aggregate demand. Aggregate demand is volatile and unstable, a market economy will often experience inefficient macroeconomic outcomes in the form of economic recessions when demand is low, and inflation when demand is high. Keynesian economics advocates for a managed market economy, predominantly private sector, but with an active role for government intervention during recessions and depressions. Famous Quote by John Maynard Keynes: "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."
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Thomas Hobbes Trading CardAlaister's Card
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John Locke Trading CardAlaister's Card
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Trading CardAlaister's Card
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John Stuart Mill Trading CardJohn Stuart Mill was a Philosopher who was focused on the development of Utilitarianism and another goal which was to maximize the personal freedom for all citizens. During the younger years of John Stuart Mill there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor, which drove him to make a change. Mill began to create something called “The Human Principle”. This philosophy simply states that an individual or group of people should be allowed to do whatever they want or desire unless it could harm someone else. The idea of desire without causing harm to another is almost directly attached to the central idea of Liberalism. Mill also believed that people who live in a democracy are not immune from tyranny. Adding on to that, he believes that the majority vote is unfair because due to the fact of the minority being undercut within a society and having the feeling of not being able to make a change. Famous Quote: “One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.”
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Karl Marx Trading CardAlaister's Card
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Machiavelli Trading Card Machiavelli invented the “Great Man Theory” which could later be translated into “leadership”. He believed in order for a collective group of people to successfully work together you need a leader with certain traits. He cut a list down to a list of 5 specific traits. The traits are directed towards what a great leader should look like. The leader should be: Respected and supported, intelligent, trustworthy, honest and finally disciplined. In order for a collective society to thrive, a strong leader with these traits is needed. Machiavelli also wrote a very interesting and famous book called “The Prince”. The Prince is a summary on how to acquire and maintain political power in a collective society. Machiavelli writes about a prince who uses these qualities of a leader and many other interesting points along the the lines of using these within a political system. This book has influenced many other philosophies after the time of Machiavelli. Famous Quote: “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara Trading CardAlaister's Card
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Mao Zedong Trading CardMao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese communist party who ruled China in the 1920’s. Zedong brought the philosophy of “Maoism” during his time in power to try and create a revolution within China. During this time period in China, the country was weak and divided. He saw potential energy in China’s hundreds of peasants because of the fact that they were poor. You might be wondering how having poor people within your country could open up opportunity, but this is how Zedong’s mind works. Because of the high rate of peasants, he believed that the peasants and poor should lead the communist revolution instead of factory workers. By the 1940’s, Mao Zedong had revolutionized and proletarianized the peasantry. Zedong’s political philosophy showed that the peasants within the country of China should be placed just behind the working class, as well as being the bulk of the energy fuelling the revolution. Famous Quote: “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”
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John Rawls Trading Card John Rawls is an American Philosopher who created the book “A Theory Of Justice”. In his writing he explains how people should try and solve the problem of distributive justice, which is basically how the goods within a society should be distributed. Because of this he created the theory that is known as “Justice as Fairness”, where he combines his two principles of justice together. They indicate that each society should be structured so that everyone receives the greatest amount of Liberty as possible. Along with that, any actions socially or economically that will impact another in any way must positively benefit or have no effect on another part of the society, or individual. Everything must stay equal. And finally, any inequality between members of a society should not negatively affect or make it harder for someone without the same resources to seek positions of power within the society. John Rawls believes in liberty and equality for everyone and anyone in a well-ordered society. Famous Quote: “Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.”
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Harold Cardinal Trading CardHarold Cardinal was an aboriginal Canadian who was formerly the Vice Chief of the assembly of First Nations in the 1980’s. In his famous book “The Unjust Society”, Harold speaks on the government’s approach of “The only good Indian is a
non Indian”. This came with ‘The White Paper’ which proposed the idea of eliminating the legal status of First Nations. In response to this, Cardinal helped create the ‘Red Paper’ which was actually included in his book ”The Unjust Society” which had strong and critical statements regarding the policies between Canadians and Aboriginal Canadians. The statements Cardinal made were so powerful that it eventually helped the Canadian government into leaving the legal policies against First Nations behind and working together with them instead, to further help Canada as a whole despite what race you were. Cardinal often used satire in his writings as he turned many of prime Minister Trudeau’s statements into his own. Some examples would be turning Trudeau’s idea of a “Just Society” and transforming it into his own words of a “Unjust Society” which would later be the title of his book. Cardinal’s life long goal of making changes to the Canadian government helped economically and socially develop a better place and new hopes for Canada’s First Nations people. Famous Quote: “We like the idea of a Canada where all cultures are encouraged to develop in harmony with one another, to become part of the great mosaic” |