Micro Economics For Today
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Chapter 16, Problem 8SQ
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The strength of a command-based economic system.
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1. In a command system
a) self-interest motivates and commands each business firm's decisions and actions.
b) the head of each family decides and commands what to do with the family's resources.
c) a government-appointed planning board makes production and allocation decisions.
d) market traders command what outputs are produced and how they are allocated.
The three economic questions that every society must answer are
OA. What are the prices of goods, how are they determined, and who will pay for them?
OB. What economic system will be used, how will it be implemented, and who will make market decisions?
OC. What goods will be produced, how will they be produced, and who will receive the goods?
OD. What kind of government will the society have, how will it be run, and who will run it?
Centrally planned economies allocate resources based on decisions by
while market economies answer these questions through decisions made by
Connect In a free market system, how are incentives related to the principle of consumer sovereignty?
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Micro Economics For Today
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