Enlightenment Economic Thought Included

question 64

Multiple Choice

Enlightenment economic thought included

• A) acceptance of self-interest as something good.
• B) praise for entrepreneurship and free markets unencumbered by governments.
• C) the inevitability of progress in capitalism.
• D) the belief that the laws of economics could be discovered.
• E) all of the above

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Definitions:

Descent With Modification

Descent with modification refers to the passing of traits from parents to offspring. Darwin recognized that, over time, this process could account for gradual change in species’ traits and homology.

Evolution

The process through which species undergo changes over time due to genetic variation and natural selection.

Allele Frequencies

The proportional occurrences of various alleles for a specific gene within a certain population.

Adaptive Traits

Features of an organism that have evolved through natural selection and increase survival and reproductive success in a particular environment.