Liberal values include supporting free markets, free trade, limited government, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), capitalism, democracy, secularism, gender equality, racial equality, internationalism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion.

Automation describes the development of technologies that reduce the need for human employees to carry out labour

A barter "trade" economy is where individuals exchange goods and services for other goods and services (i.e. I will trade you two loaves of bread if you wash my car). There is no formal currency in a barter system. A currency system represents an economy where money, in standard units, is exchanged for goods and services (i.e. I will trade you $2 for this loaf of bread)

In the saying "nature versus nurture", nature refers to the characteristics we are born with, influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. Conversely, nurture refers to the influence of external factors after we are born. For example, what we are exposed to, including education, upbringing, trauma, an