Economic System The way people produce and exchange goods and services.

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Economic SystemEconomic SystemThe way people produce and exchange goods and services

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The Four Types of Economic Systems

• Four very different types of Economic Systems have evolved as different societies have placed different emphasis on different goals and priorities in their efforts to answer the Three Key Economic Question.

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Traditional Economy• Family or Community

based Economic System that relies on custom and ritual to make its choices.

• Examples:– Aborigines– Amazon Tribes– Any Subsistance

Economy

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Market Economy• Individual or Consumer

based Economic System that relies on the consumption choices of consumers. 

• Examples:– *The U.S.A.?– *Japan?– Any Capitalist Economy?

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Command Economy• Centrally Controlled

Economy where the Government makes all decisions.

• Examples:– Cuba– China?

– Any Communist Country or Dictatorship

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Socialist (Mixed) Economy

• Economic System that incorporates some Governmental involvement into a Market Based Economy.

• Examples:– *The U.S.A.?– *Japan?– *China?– Most “Modern” Economies

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Types of Economic SystemsTypes of Economic Systems

Free Market Command TraditionalSocialist

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Types of Economic SystemsTypes of Economic Systems

Free Market Command Traditional

People freely produce and buy what they want

Prices are set buy Supply and

Demand

Producers invest their money to make a Profit

Little Government interference

Free Enterprise,Capitalism

Market Economy

Socialist

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Types of Economic SystemsTypes of Economic Systems

Free Market Command Traditional

People freely produce and buy what they want

Prices are set buy Supply and

Demand

Producers invest their money to make a Profit

Little Government interference

Free Enterprise,Capitalism

Market Economy

Socialist

Government makes all economic decisions

Workers are supposed to share equally

No private property

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Types of Economic SystemsTypes of Economic Systems

Free Market Command Traditional

People freely produce and buy what they want

Prices are set buy Supply and

Demand

Producers invest their money to make a Profit

Little Government interference

Free Enterprise,Capitalism

Market Economy

Government provides free or low-cost public

services: school, health care, etc.

Government owns some

basic industries

Government makes all economic decisions

Workers are supposed to share equally

No private property

Socialist

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Types of Economic SystemsTypes of Economic Systems

Free Market Socialist Command Traditional

People freely produce and buy what they want

Prices are set buy Supply and

Demand

Producers invest their money to make a Profit

Little Government interference

Free Enterprise,Capitalism

Market Economy

Government provides free or low-cost public

services: school, health care, etc.

Government owns some

basic industries

Government makes all economic decisions

Workers are supposed to share equally

No private property

People work to meet their basic

needs

Subsistence Agriculture:

Farmers grow enough to feed their families

Cottage Industry: Goods are produced in private homes

by hand

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Economic ActivitiesEconomic ActivitiesPrimary – Gathering raw materials

Secondary – Adding value to materials by changing their form.

Tertiary – Business or professional services

Quaternary – Providing information, management or research services

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Natural ResourcesNatural ResourcesRenewable – Can be replaced by natural processesExamples: trees, seafood,

Non-renewable – Cannot be replaced once usedExamples: coal, petrolium, natural gas

Inexhaustable – Unlimited supplyExamples: sunlight, wind, geothermal heat

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