Liberal Fascism - Chapter Eight
A 10-question quiz on Chapter Eight of Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, entitled "Liberal Fascist Economics".
- 1.What is the conventional liberal perspective on economics according to Goldberg?
- A.
Taxes are too low.
- B.
Corporations are too powerful.
- C.
Government spending should be increased.
- D.
Government regulation should be increased.
- 2.If the poltiical economic spectrum ranges from socialism to laissez-faire, who are the true fascists?
- A.
The Frankfurt School
- B.
The American Enterprise Institute
- C.
The Brookings Institute
- D.
The Austrian School
- 3.To what does Goldberg trace the belief that fascism is the tool of big business?
- A.
Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle".
- B.
The Manifesto of the Fascist Struggle.
- C.
The Fourth Congress of the Communist International.
- D.
Leon Trotsky's murder in Mexico.
- 4.What is the "fascist bargain" between the state and the industrialist?
- A.
Implement the state's political agenda in return for protection against competition.
- B.
Pay protection money in return for escaping nationalization.
- C.
Collect income taxes for the state in return for corporate welfare.
- D.
Prevent union establishment in return for political contributions.
- 5.What were FDR's "dollar-a-year" men?
- A.
NRA special agents.
- B.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation volunteers.
- C.
Government-paid agitators.
- D.
Businessmen turned bureaucrats.
- 6.The Swope Plan was the plan to permit government-supervised industrial collusion created by the president of ______ ______.
- 7.What does the Nazi word Gleichschaltung mean?
- A.
Industrial Policy
- B.
Nationalization
- C.
Coordination
- D.
The pleasure experienced at the sight of another's pain.
- 8.To what does Goldberg compare businesses when considering the nature of their relationship with government regulation?
- A.
Beehives
- B.
Sharks
- C.
Weasels
- D.
Birds nests
- 9.What is the main impact of the modern liberal fascist bargain?
- A.
Preventing people from obtaining health insurance.
- B.
Raising the cost of goods and services.
- C.
Forcing companies to relocate offshore.
- D.
Preventing small companies from competing against large corporations.
- 10.What large corporation does Goldberg presciently declare to be an ironic confirmation of Marxist logic?
- A.
Microsoft
- B.
General Motors
- C.
General Electric
- D.
IBM
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