In the Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State

question 49

Multiple Choice

In The Origin of Family, Private Property, and the State, what term is used to refer to the period of communally organized hunting and gathering societies?

• A) stage of barbarism
• B) mechanical solidarity
• C) state of savagery
• D) organic solidarity

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Definitions:

Economic Profits

The surplus achieved when a firm's revenue exceeds all its costs, incorporating both opportunity costs and explicit costs, measured over time.

Optimal Productive Efficiency

The state in which an economy or production operation can produce the maximum output with the given resources and technology, without wasting resources.

Standardized Product

Goods or services that are uniform in quality and performance, often mass-produced, allowing them to be interchangeable.

Significant Barriers

Major obstacles or impediments that prevent entities from entering a market or industry.