Practical history of economic studies

Collection of practical tasks on the discipline "History of economic doctrines"

Task 1
You shop frequently. Agree, the cost of goods, its price is important for you. Studying the history of economic doctrines is therefore important not only for you, as an economically competent specialist, but also for a competent consumer of goods of appropriate quality and price.
Answer which direction in economic theory belongs to the following definition of price: "Price is the monetary expression of the value of a commodity."
1.neoclassical
2.Keynesian
3.Marxist
4.neoliberal
5.neo-institutional
Task 2
Money is essential in our life. They say - the more you earn, the better! Many theorists - economists have investigated the nature and meaning of money. Clarification according to Friedman: should the money supply increase at an equal rate?
1.the rate of growth of the price level
2.the growth rate of the interest rate level
3.the growth rate of GNP
4.the growth rate of the velocity of circulation of money
5.population growth rate
Task 3
Who is the founder of the "American school" of marginalism?
1.J.B. Clarke
2.A. Marshall
3.V.Pareto
4.L. Walras
5. A. Smith
Task 4
Which economist defined wages as the value of the workers' necessary means of subsistence?
1. W. Petty
2.G.C. Carey
3.T. Malthus
4. D. Ricardo
5. K. Menger
Task 5
Which economist determined wages by the marginal product of labor?
1. A. Smith
2. F. Hayek
3.J.B. Clarke
4.A. Marshall
5.G. Gossen
Task 6
In the context of the transition of the Russian economy to a market track, the issue of buying and selling land is being discussed quite sharply. Along the way, the problems of the land cadastre of rent relations are touched upon. Economists - theorists have discussed these issues in the past.
Which economist developed the theory of absolute ground rent?
1. W. Petty
2. A. Smith
3. F. Quesnay
4. D. Ricardo
5. K. Marx
Task 7
Which economist introduced the term “quasi-rent” into economics?
1. A. Smith
2. D. Ricardo
3. M. Friedman
4.A. Marshall
5.P.Samuelson
Task 8
Which scientist developed the "theory of long waves"?
1. N.D. Kondratiev
2.V. Leontiev
3. I. Pososhkov
4. D. Ricardo
5. L.V. Kantarovich
Task 9
Check your erudition and answer, who introduced the term "monopsony" into economics?
1.A. Marshall
2.J. Keynes
3.P.Samuelson
4. E.Gemberlin
5. J. Robinson

Task 10
Which economist suggested that the term "political economy" was replaced by the term "economics"?
1.J.B. Clarke
2.J.M. Keynes
3. A. Marshall
4.R. Kana
5. T. Veblena