Transition from a Command Economy to a Market Economy

A command economy occurs when the government control the main means of production. The government set prices and determines what is produced. A market economy is fundamentally different. It shifts ownership of the means of production to private individuals and firms. Prices and output are determined by market forces. To make the shift from a …

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Central Planned Economy

Definition – A centrally planned economy is an economy where decisions on what to produce, how to produce and for whom are taken by the government in a centrally managed bureaucracy. Central planning is also referred to as a ‘Command economy’ or ‘Communist economy.’ WIth Central planning, the theory is that the government will take …

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Economic abuse

Readers question: Is there anything in economic theory that addresses what I would like to call “economic abuse” Where the profit of a what a worker does is ten to a hundred times what the worker earns to the Owner or Individual paying the worker. The worker earns $10 a day doing labour that the …

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Will China challenge the West?

Readers Question: 1. Does state capitalism as practised in China pose a fundamental challenge to the Western model of liberal-democratic capitalism? No, I don’t think so. From a political perspective, no matter how economic successful China might be, there will never be any enthusiasm to replicate China’s one party political system. In fact, it is …

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Micro Economics Essays

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Capitalist – definition

A Capitalist is defined as a person who makes the majority of their income from the ownership of assets and capital. For example, a capitalist may receive dividends from shares or rent from property that he owns. In a sense, a person with a private pension can be said to be gaining income from assets …

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Criticism of Free Market Economics

Free market economics believes government intervention should be limited to the protection of private property. It is advocated by many economists especially in the Chicago, and Austrian school of Economics. However, although free markets have advantages, such as greater efficiency, there are several criticisms levelled at purely free market economies. Criticisms of free-market economics Inequality. …

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Quotes by John Maynard Keynes

Keynes was one of the great economists of the twentieth century. Even his critics would have to admit he had a certain turn of phrase and wit. These are some of his more memorable quotes The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set …

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