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Reforming the Industrialized World

Reforming the Industrialized World. Do Now: Would you rather live in a society like ours where chance and destiny decide wealth or in a society where everyone makes the same money? Defend your answer. Aim: How did the economic philosophies of Adam Smith and Karl Marx differ?.

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Reforming the Industrialized World

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  1. Reforming the Industrialized World

  2. Do Now: Would you rather live in a society like ours where chance and destiny decide wealth or in a society where everyone makes the same money? Defend your answer. Aim: How did the economic philosophies of Adam Smith and Karl Marx differ?

  3. Competing Economic Philosophies • Capitalism – Free market economy in which the means of production (land, labor and capital) are privately owned. • Adam Smith wrote in his book “The Wealth of Nations” that if the government did not interfere with business and competition then the economy would grow. Prices would be competitive and products would be better quality. • Similar to Market Economy, and Laissez-faire economics.

  4. Socialism • Socialism condemned the evils of capitalism and wanted to stop poverty and injustice. • Karl Marx believed that the means of production should be publicly owned and government controlled. He wrote down his ideas in his book called the Communist Manifesto.

  5. Debate • Two candidates will come before the class and read from the script in a debate between Karl Marx and Adam Smith • People in the audience should prepare questions to ask the candidates after the debate.

  6. Questions From Audience? • Why should a janitor make the same as a doctor?

  7. Answer Questions • Answer questions on handout

  8. Create a Campaign Poster • Review rubric and elements for your campaign poster • Create.

  9. Summary • Tape up posters around the room for a gallery walk

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