Although Smith believes in free markets, he doesn't necessarily need the government to be inactive, but limited. ... However, Smith emphasizes on education as a public good. ... Smith also points out that wages are best regulated by supply and demand, but who controls wages? ... Unlike Adam Smith, Polanyi gives much credit to the state's role in the economy. ... John Stuart Mill questions, "what are the distinctive characteristics of the form of government best fitted to promote the interests of any given society" (Mill, pg.120)? ...

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Two of the big promoters of change for the individual were John Locke and Adam Smith. ... Adam Smith was also an innovative thinker who helped boost the single rights of one man to the forefront of society. ... Before Smith, the mercantilist view was dominant. ... Smith also felt that the individual worker in business was responsible for creating wealth in a nation, because they were essential to making the whole thing work. ... This view came about because of innovative thinkers like Locke and Smith, proving that if you have a big enough lever you can move the world. ...

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John Locke's Two Treaties on Government written in 1694 were the root of political ideas that developed during the Enlightenment. ... Smith perceived people as selfish who only worked harder and produced more when given an incentive. ... Smith believed that there was no need to regulate markets because people's greed combined with the law of supply and demand would regulate markets by themselves. ... Adam Smith became the father of modern economics during the Enlightenment. ... Smith is also responsible for the development of the invisible hand metaphor and early stages of laissez-fa...

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Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison all used their knowledge to come up with ways to better America. ... During this enlightenment period, the most commonly heard French philosophers were John Locke, Voltaire, Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, Baron Montesquieu, Denis Diderot, and others. ... A few American leaders such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison also greatly inspired people's thinking as well as making it known that their beliefs differentiated from the European philosopher's beliefs. ... John Adams was an American p...

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John Locke emphasized that, we should all have natural rights to life, liberty, and property in order to have a strong good working government. ... Adam Smith believed that, every man should be free to pursue his own interest in his way. ...

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The concept justice was created by the theories of John Rawls and Amartya Sen. ... This idea also follows the ideas of Adam Smith and John Locke, who believe in free marketplace and as long as there is this freedom there is justice. ... This model is found in the works of John Locke, who believed that representation to direct assembly is most important in democracy. ...

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John Winthrop who was the governor states that their goal was to form "a city upon a hill", which represented a "pure" community, where Christianity would be pursued in the most correct behavior (Document A).This shows that the people of New England would work and solve problems together. On the other hand, with the lack of unity in the Chesapeake region, many of them tried to go back to England after encountering hardships in the New World as mentioned by John Smith. ...

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