market systems pt.2 Flashcards
private ownership of businesses and marketplace competition
capitalism
concerned about its people and takes care of those who cannot care for themselves
capitalism
political system of capitalism
democracy
father of capitalism
Adam Smith
principle of government’s non- interference
Laissez-faire
Creates unequal societies
Exploits the laborers or the resources
of less-developed nations
Often results in economic
monopolies
Criticisms of market economy
Rich becomes richer (), Poor becomes poorer ()
capitalists
worlers
prompts mass production
free trade
one entity controls a business sector
monopoly
command economy economic queries
What to produce? Depends on one person ( a dictator) or a group of government officials (central planning committee)
How to produce? State owns all the factors of production and makes all the decisions
For whom to produce? Government decision
Motive: Social Justice
The government runs everything (totalitarian government)
Only one political party, the communist party, runs the government
All people able to work are assigned jobs
The government assigns housing, schools,
and occupations
There is little to no economic freedom
Communism
founder of communism
Karl Marx
established a command economy in Cuba
Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra
In DPRK, who controlled the economy with an iron hand and had statues of himself built to show his people who was in charge of the government and the economy.
Kim Il Sung
Inefficient and unproductive workers results in shadow/ illegal markets.
Ceases to stay competitive in the world
Criticisms of command economy