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Given below is the quote from Machiavelli's political treatise. In this the Prince is most strongly aligned with which of the following economic approaches?
"All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer."

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Socialism
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Communism
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Laissez-Faire economics
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Capitalism
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Utopianism
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Solution

The correct option is D Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system, and competitive markets. In a capitalist market economy, decision-making and investment are determined by every owner of wealth, property or production ability in financial and capital markets, whereas prices and the distribution of goods.

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