Types Of Economies Flashcards
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Command/planned economy
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An economic system where government, through a planning process, allocates resources in society
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Economic system
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A complex network of individuals, organisations, and institutions and their social and legal interrelationships which allocate resources
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Free market economy
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An economic system that resolves the basic economic problems mainly through the market mechanism
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Mixed economy
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An economy where both the free market mechanism and the government planning process allocate significant proportions of total resources