Economics Chapter 2: Section 1-2
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economic systems
the way a society uses resources to satisfy its people's wants
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tradional economy
an economic system in which people produce and distribute goods according to the customs hannded down form generation to generation
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command economy
an economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions
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market economy
an economic system in which individuals choice and voluntary exchange direct econmic decisions
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central pplanning economy
a system in which central government officals make all economic decisions
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socialism
an economic system ins which the government owns some or all of the factors of production
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communism
an economic system in which the government owns all the factors of production and there is little or no political freedom