What were the main principles of liberal economic theorists? Do these ideas conflict with the principles of nationalism?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The ideal of minimal government interference (laissez-faire)
2. Liberal emphasis on the production of goods and the work of the middle class
3. Disdain for tradition guild and worker rights
4. Malthus's and Riccardo's description of harsh conditions for the working class as the product of natural cycles
5. Nationalist belief in ethnic and cultural unity as the basis for government intervention rather than the creation of a free market at the expense of working-class members of the nation
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