1. Legal rights to private property are good and important. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 2. The economy should be primarily driven by profit. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 3. Health care should be privatized and placed on the market. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 4. Free trade and globalization improves economies and countries, even if some sectors lose jobs. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 5. There must be a guaranteed annual minimum income for all. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 6. Government must step into more areas of the economy because workers and unions are often too weak to get the job done alone. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 7. Rent control and price ceilings result in shortages and inferior products. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 8. The central government is always more competent at setting effective and equitable prices than letting each business set prices. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 9. Governments should focus on educations and jobs, not giving more tax cuts to the very wealthy. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 10. Taxation is simply theft - all involuntary taxes should cease. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 11. Wise governments would repeal anti-trust laws, which are unnecessary anyway. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 12. At least some privatization of social security and old age pensions is a good thing. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 13. It is inexcusable that some have so much while others do not. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 14. A balanced federal budget is very important. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 15. We really need to slow down globalization and economic fluctuation until we as a society figure out how best to regulate these developments. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree Your Score: The Capitalist/Socialist Quiz: a positive score rates on the capitalist side, while a negative score rates on the socialist. A capitalist is one who supports a free, laissez-faire market, private property, profit, and capital. A socialist is one who opposes a laissez-faire market, supports a planned economy, and possibly opposes the existence of private property and the profit incentive entirely.
The Capitalist/Socialist Quiz: a positive score rates on the capitalist side, while a negative score rates on the socialist. A capitalist is one who supports a free, laissez-faire market, private property, profit, and capital. A socialist is one who opposes a laissez-faire market, supports a planned economy, and possibly opposes the existence of private property and the profit incentive entirely.
