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Economic Systems
Classifying Economic systems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Command Economy | all economic decisions are taken by central authorities. Usually socialist/ communist. Land and capital centrally owned |
| Centrally planned Economy | Another name for Command Economy |
| Free-market economy | Economic decisions are taken by individual households or firms with no government intervention |
| Mixed economy | Economic decisions made partly by government and partly through the market. In practice all economies are mixed |
| input-output analysis | Divides economy into sectors. Each sector is a user of inputs and supplier of outputs to other sectors.examines how these can be matched to available resources in economy. |
| Price Mechanism | In a Market economy. Changes in price due to supply & demand changes= makes demand equal to supply |
| Equilibrium price | Price where quantity demanded=quantity supplied. NO shortage or surplus. |
| Equilibrium | Position of balance. no inherent tendency to move from this position. |
| Mixed market economy | Market economoy with some government intervention |
| relative price | Price of one good compared with another (Good X is twice the price of good Y) |