Question 1) Julius Caesar and J.P. Morgan were both wealthy and powerful men. What is the difference in the origins of their wealth and their power? Does power still follow wealth in modern economic societies? Does wealth still follow power in nonmarket societies?

Question 2) What differences if any, characterize the economic attitudes and behavior of the American farmer and the American businessperson? Can this comparison also describe the behavior and attitude of the Egyptian peasant and the Egyptian merchant? What accounts for the difference between the two societies?