Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Thomas Hobbes defined politics as “who gets what, when and how.”
2. Rules can be thought of as “where” politics happen.
3. The economy of the United States is an example of a regulated capitalist system.
4. Social democracy is identical to socialism.
5. Authoritarian capitalism, like that practiced in Singapore and China, requires the combination of a free-market economy with an open political system.


1. false
2, false
3, true
4. false
5. false

Political Science

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