Karl Marx, Adam Smith, And Andrew Carnegie

The writings of Karl Marx, Adam Smith, and Andrew Carnegie all made significant impacts in society not only in their time, but continuing to this day. Marx shared is opinions on capitalism and his views of the progression of human society in his writing, The Communist Manifesto which he wrote with Friedrich Engles and published in 1848. Marx believed in the idea of a society with no capitalism and the abolition of the bourgeoisie. Adam Smith wrote a book called The Wealth of Nations which was published

people agreed on some aspects. These differing perspectives were shaped and sprouted out of an individual or a group of individuals educational background, political opinions, occupation, philosophical opinions, and their experiences. Karl Marx, Adam Smith, and Andrew Carnegie were all published individuals who had revolutionizing ideas and views that completely altered the world and the way people saw the world. They challenged commonly believed ideas of many aspects of society and the world. Each of

decide what products they want to buy and how much they are willing to pay. The idea of capitalism originated from a Scottish-economist named Adam Smith. In his book, Wealth of Nations, he writes about a free-market system. He also said that the government should not interfere with the economy. Modern capitalism is slightly different than the ideas of Adam Smith. Instead of not having the government interfere at all, the government interferes with the economical system somewhat. The government is responsible

ideas of Karl Marx, the founder of communism and an opponent of industrialization, blamed the capitalist society for imperialism; “imperialism is the highest form of capitalism”. Marx believed in a cycle, which would always lead back to a communist revolution because of the tension between the proletariat and the ruling bourgeoisie class. He wanted a “dictatorship of the proletariat” in which case the class divisions would disappear and everyone would be equal. Nonetheless, Karl Marx was not the

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