The Social Thinker Whose Ideas Most Supported the Operation of a Free-Market

question 2

Multiple Choice

The social thinker whose ideas most supported the operation of a free-market economy was

• A)Thorstein Veblen.
• B)Adam Smith.
• C)Karl Marx.
• D)Max Weber.

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