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- BY RAHUL JAIN
Economic Systems
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Economic Systems
• The economic problem: Given scarce resources, how, exactly, do large, complex societies go about answering the three basic economic questions: what, how and for whom goods and services will be produced.?
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Economic Growth
• Economic growth is an increase in the total output of the economy. It occurs when a society acquires new resources, or when it learns to produce more using existing resources.
• The main sources of economic growth are capital accumulation and technological advances.
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Capital Goods and Growthin Poor and Rich Countries
• Rich countries devote more resources to capital production than poor countries.
• As more resources flow into capital production, the rate of economic growth in rich countries increases, and so does the gap between rich and poor countries.
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Economic Systems
• Economic systems are the basic arrangements made by societies to solve the economic problem. They include:
• Command economies
• Laissez-faire economies
• Mixed systems
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Economic Systems
• In a command economy, a central government either directly or indirectly sets output targets, incomes, and prices.
• In a laissez-faire economy, individuals and firms pursue their own self-interests without any central direction or regulation.
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Economic Systems
• The central institution of a laissez-faire economy is the free-market system.
• A market is the institution through which buyers and sellers interact and engage in exchange.
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Economic Systems
• Consumer sovereignty is the idea that consumers ultimately dictate what will be produced (or not produced) by choosing what to purchase (and what not to purchase).
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Economic Systems
• Free enterprise: under a free market system, individual producers must figure out how to plan, organize, and coordinate the production of products and services.
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Economic Systems
• In a laissez-faire economy, the distribution of output is also determined in a decentralized way. The amount that any one household gets depends on its income and wealth.
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Economic Systems
• The basic coordinating mechanism in a free market system is price. Price is the amount that a product sells for per unit. It reflects what society is willing to pay.
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Mixed Systems,Markets, and Governments
Since markets are not perfect, governments intervene and often play a major role in the economy. Some of the goals of government are to:
• Minimize market inefficiencies
• Provide public goods
• Redistribute income
• Stabilize the macroeconomy:
• Promote low levels of unemployment
• Promote low levels of inflation
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Class Exercise- Xth Week
• Make a summary of the key learnings of the class in your register. (Individual)
• Group wise PPT:
Make a five minute PPT on whether India should be a mixed economy in 21st century?
Email : 5th October, 5pm: [email protected]