World Smallest Political Quiz

Really, is anyone surprised?

Your PERSONAL issues Score is 60%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 90%.

Too few variables and too few identified pivot-issues for good sampling. I changed the answer to one question from "disagree" to "maybe", and went from being a liberal centerist to a big-statist.

Uh-uh. If anything, I'm a libertarian liberal centerist with benign anarcho-technocratic dreams.

Poll's a toy. Fun, though.

Your PERSONAL issues Score is 90%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 50%.

big surprise, I'm nearly dead center centrist

I felt like this test could have been more fun if I didn't have to answer "maybe" to 3 out of 5 economic questions.

I am pretty ignorant when it comes to economic theories regarding the impact of government and law on economy. Can anyone recommend any good books on this subject? Preferably at least two good books that are completely opposed to each other.

I don't know if this is the sort of book you might be interested in but there is an online version of a radical libertarian document called For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto that might be of interest to some.

I'll definitely read it, but I don't think it's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. It would be nice to read some conservative views too, maybe written by an economist (so I can avoid any religious or moral pandering that would compel me to toss the book out the window). So if anyone knows of a conservative book that falls into that category, please post.

The problem is today, we are either expected to be extreme right-wing or extreme left wing. We really don't have many choices in between when it comes to electing a President. I'm a registered Democrat, but was forced to vote for the Republican party because the Democratic agenda was incredibly too liberal for me.

I think that the Democratic party could go a lot farther if they tone down some of their extremely liberal standpoints.

Nevertheless, the quiz was fun.

I can’t give you any Books. I can give you some names of Economists that are Libertarian and in there work cover Government and Economics. This list may start you on your way. When you are done find some on your own. Have fun hunting and reading.



Robert J. Barro
May be America's first modern "superstar" economist. In 1998, he was lured away from Harvard to Columbia University for $300,000 a year -- an unprecedented salary for a self-described libertarian economics professor. But the lavish salary isn't so surprising; in an April 8, 1998 article, The New York Times noted that Barro was "one of the nation's most distinguished economists," and had "changed the way economists think about everything from the long-run effects of government deficits to the forces that favor economic growth."

Walter Block
It was 1963, and college student Walter Block was, by his own admission, "a dumb pinko." Ayn Rand came to visit Brooklyn College, and Block decided to attend her lecture -- just so he could boo and hiss! After her speech, he decided that he had not booed or hissed enough, so he decided to attend the free luncheon being held in her honor. Of course, Block, not being a member of the Objectivist Study Group, was seated a long way from the guest of honor. So, being young and aggressive, he decided to march right up to the head table, stick his head between Rand and Nathaniel Branden, and tell them that there was a socialist who wanted to debate them. Branden accepted the challenge, but insisted on two ground rules. First, both sides had to agree that the debate would continue-for weeks if necessary-until one side or the other was convinced. Second, Block had to read two books: Rand's Atlas Shrugged and Henry Hazlitt's classic Economics in One Lesson. Within a few sessions, Block accepted Branden's argument, and became a limited-government libertarian. When he met Murray Rothbard in 1966, when he was a graduate student, Block's views on economics (Austrianism) and politics (free-market anarchism) became fully developed.

James Buchanan
Why do good people almost always turn into scoundrels after they become part of the government? As Buchanan (b. 1919) explained, it's simply because they're pursuing their own interests. Along with Gordon Tullock, Buchanan helped pioneer "public choice" economics which involves analyzing how government officials make their choices and pursue their self-interest, generating pressure for bigger budgets, higher taxes, more regulations and overall more power. Buchanan has explained how various constitutional arrangements affect the incentives officials face and the decisions they make. His work suggests that the best hope for liberty is to enact more constitutional limitations on what officials can do: spending limits, taxing limits and term limits. Buchanan was awarded the Nobel Prize (1986) as well as the George Washington Honor Medal, the Legion de la Libertad (Mexico) and other commendations. He has received honorary doctorates from 13 universities in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Switzerland. He is a distinguished senior fellow of the Cato Institute.
Donald J. Boudreaux
Donald J. Boudreaux's resume includes positions at two of the most celebrated organizations in the libertarian movement: The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and George Mason University.

Richard M. Ebeling
As a writer, Ebeling contributes monthly articles and book reviews in the Future of Freedom Foundation's publication, Freedom Daily. His articles have also appeared in The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Reason, Libertarian Review, Critical Review, Political Studies, The Austrian Economics Newsletter, the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, and other publications. As an editor, he has overseen the books Money, Method and the Market Process, Essays by Ludwig von Mises (1990); Austrian Economics: A Reader (1991); The Global Collapse of Socialism (1992); Global Free Trade: Rhetoric and Reality (1993); Can Capitalism Cope? Free Market Reform in the Post-Communist World (1994); Disaster in Red: The Failure and Collapse of Socialism (1995), and others. He is working on an intellectual biography of von Mises.

ACCORDING TO YOUR ANSWERS,

The political description that
fits you best is...

.

LIBERAL


LIBERALS usually embrace freedom of choice in personal

matters, but tend to support significant government control of the

economy. They generally support a government-funded "safety net"
to help the disadvantaged, and advocate strict regulation

of business. Liberals tend to favor environmental regulations,

defend civil liberties and free expression, support government action

to promote equality, and tolerate diverse lifestyles.

The RED DOT on the Chart shows where you fit on the political map.



Your PERSONAL issues Score is 80%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 40%.
(Please note: Scores falling on the Centrist border are counted as Centrist.)