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Economic Systems

Economic Systems. How Does An Economy Work?. Nations must answer 3 basic Economic question: What goods and services should be produced? How should the goods and services be produced? For who should the goods and services be produced?

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Economic Systems

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  1. Economic Systems

  2. How Does An Economy Work? • Nations must answer 3 basic Economic question: • What goods and services should be produced? • How should the goods and services be produced? • For who should the goods and services be produced? • The way a nation answers these questions defines their economy.

  3. Types of Economic Systems • All economic systems fall into one of two broad categories: • Market (or Capitalist) System • Command (or Planned) System • No economy can be purely market or purely command • Elements of both economies are found in all systems this makes all economies mixed

  4. A Pure Market Economy • No government involvement in economic decisions • The government lets the people answer the three basic economic questions • What? Customers decide through their purchases • How? This is left up to the individual business –BUT- a business must be profitable • Who? People who have money can buy more – this encourages hard work and investments

  5. A Pure Command Economy The Government controls the factors of production and makes all the decisions The government is responsible for answering the three economic questions What? One person ( a dictator) or a group of government officials (central planning committee) decide what is to be produced How? The government owns all the factors of production and makes all the decisions about production Who? The government decide who receives what is produced in the economy

  6. MixedEconomies • Some government involvement through mandatory laws and regulations that businesses follow • Labor Laws, Minimum Wage • The government provides social programs for those who need help • Medicare, welfare • All economies are mixed they are classified based on how much the government is involved in the process

  7. Continuum of Economic Systems Market Economy Capitalism On the far right Command Economy Communism On the far left Socialism Left of center but right of communism

  8. Capitalism • An economic system characterized by private ownership of businesses and marketplace competition • You get what you earn/ You reap what you sew • The political system is a democracy with leaders are elected by the people • A system where you are not penalized for making a maximum profit

  9. Socialism • a completely classless society, where the government controls all means of production and distribution of goods.  • Socialists believe this control is necessary to eliminate competition among the people and put everyone on a level playing field • The idea is that if everyone works, everyone will reap the same benefits and prosper equally. • In socialism, the government want to redistribute the wealth by taking from those that have earned more money that others and giving it to those that have earned less

  10. Communism • The government runs everything (Totalitarian government) • Only one political party, the Communist party, runs the government • All people able to work are assigned jobs – there is virtually no unemployment • The government assigns housing, schools, and occupations • There is little to no economic freedom • Cuba, North Korea, and China are examples

  11. Economies In Transition • The breakup of the Soviet Union is the best example of a country changing from a Command Economy to a Market Economy • State owned industries have been privatized (government owned businesses are sold to private citizens) • Today even socialist countries are selling some of their government owned businesses to individuals

  12. United States of America • Mixed Economy • Increased Social Programs • Government Getting more involved in the market (bailing out big industries) • Increased taxes • Controlling retirement? • How this affects you

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