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Cesare Beccaria Practice Questions
Baccaria is a pioneer of the ideas of ________________.
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a. law and economics
b. game theory
c. public choice
Baccaria viewed fines, imprisonment and loss of honor as potential punishments for crimes. He argued the appropriate punishment was the one which offered __________________ to deter a particular criminal activity.
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a. the most extreme penalty
b. the appropriate incentives
c. the least costly way
Baccaria was ____________ of torture and gun control.
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a. skeptical
b. a proponent
c. silent on the issues
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Great Economists Classical Economics and Its Forerunners
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Before Adam Smith, Part 1
Galileo and the theory of value
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School of Salamanca
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Why did economics develop so slowly?
Isaac Gervaise
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Cesare Beccaria
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Montesquieu
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Introduction to Mercantilism
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Nicholas Barbon
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Sir William Petty
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Bernard Mandeville
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Before Adam Smith, Part 2
John Law
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot
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Richard Cantillon
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Francois Quesnay
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David Hume on interest
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David Hume on the balance of trade
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David Hume on public debt
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David Hume on money
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David Hume on taxes
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Which ideas were developed in early classical economics?
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Adam Smith
Life of Adam Smith
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Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith’s Theory of Growth
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What I learned from Adam Smith
Adam Smith and the Industrial Revolution
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Adam Smith, Intro to Wealth of Nations
Wealth of Nations, Book One
Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch 1, Division of Labor
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 2, Truck and Barter
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 3, Extent of the Market
Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 4, Origin and Use of Money
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 5, Real and Nominal Price
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 6, Component Parts of Price
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 7, Natural Price and Market Price
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 8, Wages of Labor
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 9, Profits of Stock
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 10, Inequalities of Wages
Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 11, Rent of Land
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Adam Smith, Book 1, Ch. 11, Digression on Silver
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Wealth of Nations, Book Two
Adam Smith, Book 2, Ch. 1, Nature and Division of Stock
Adam Smith, Book 2, Ch. 2, Of Money
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Adam Smith, Book 2, Ch. 3, Unproductive Labor
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Adam Smith, Book 2, Ch. 4, Interest and Usury
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Adam Smith, Book 2, Ch. 5, Employment of Capitals
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Wealth of Nations, Book Three
Adam Smith, Book 3, Ch. 1, Progress of Opulence
Adam Smith, Book 3, Ch. 2, Discouragement of Agriculture
Adam Smith, Book 3, Ch. 3, Cities and Towns
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Adam Smith, Book 3, Ch. 4, Towns and Country
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Wealth of Nations, Book Four
Adam Smith, Book 4, Ch. 1, Mercantile Systems
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Adam Smith, Book 4, Ch. 2, Restraints Upon Production
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Adam Smith, Book 4, Ch. 3, 4-5
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Adam Smith, Book 4, Ch. 6, Commerce Treaties
Adam Smith, Book 4, Ch. 7, Of Colonies
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Adam Smith, Book 4, Ch. 8, Mercantile Conclusions
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Adam Smith, Book 4, Ch. 9, Agricultural Systems
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Adam Smith, Book 4, Digression on Corn
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Wealth of Nations, Book Five
Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 1, pt. 1, Expense of Defense
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Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 1, pt. 2, Expense of Justice
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Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 1, pt. 3, Public Works
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Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 1, pt. 3, article 2, Education of Youth
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Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 1, pt. 3, article 3, Religious Instruction
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Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 1, pt. 4, Expense of the Sovereign
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Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 2, pt. 1-2, Sources of the Public Revenue
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Adam Smith, Book 5, Ch. 2, pt. 3, article 4, Taxes on Commodities
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Adam Smith in the Custom House
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After Adam Smith, Part One
Condorcet
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Jean-Baptiste Say
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Malthus on population
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Malthus on demand
Jeremy Bentham on government debt
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Introduction to Ricardo
Ricardo on rent
Life of Robert Torrens
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Robert Torrens and sliding tariffs
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Robert Torrens on strategic trade policy
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Henry Thornton
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Mountifort Longfield
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield
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After Adam Smith, Part Two
Frederic Bastiat on the Seen and Unseen
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Frederic Bastiat and the Candlemakers’ Petition
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John Stuart Mill, terms of trade
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J.S. Mill on money and demand
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Life of John Stuart Mill
Mill on Bentham
How the Dismal Science Got Its Name
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Friedrich List
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Cournot
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Dupuit
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Von Thunen
John Snow
Eugen Slutsky
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Practical issues faced by the classical economists
Economists in Parliament
The debates over debt
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Bullionist debates, Part I
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Bullionist debates, Part II
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Living standards during the Industrial Revolution
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The Poor law debates
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The Machinery question
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The Corn Law debates
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Peel’s Act of 1844 and the Currency School
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The India question
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Friedrich A. Hayek’s Individualism and Economic Order
Hayek on Individualism and Spontaneous Order
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Hayek on Economics and Knowledge
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Hayek on Social Science Facts
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Hayek on the Use of Knowledge in Society
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Hayek on Competition and Discovery
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Profit and Loss Calculation
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Hayek on Socialist Calculation
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Hayek on the Gold Standard and Commodity Reserve Currency
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Hayek on the Ricardo Effect
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Hayek on Interstate Federalism and Free Trade
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Hayek on Free Enterprise
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What I Learned from Hayek
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