... economic interests, pushing the government to lower taxes or reduce regulation, as we saw from the Marxist perspective). The liberal model oversimplifies real world politics and presents an overly optimistic picture of the international economy. Indeed, international economic opening goes hand in hand with international economic volatility: consider the ramifications if domestic companies are put out of business because foreign products ... ...

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Second to none but perhaps Karl Marx, Adam Smith was the philosopher who gave the first accurate picture of the workings of capitalism. This is the economic system which can be described as one "run by the free market and competitive forces for selfish economic gain." Smith wrote ... ...

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