Economic Systems

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Economic Systems

• Mr. Kraus
• Economics

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Why do we have Economic Systems?

• Scarcity
• Survival for any society depends on its ability
  to provide food, clothing, and shelter for its
  people.
• The Economic System is the organized way a
  society provides for the wants and needs of its
  people.

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Three Economic Systems

• Traditional Economy
• Command Economy
• Market Economy

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Economic Questions Traditional Economy Market Economy Command Economy  
What to Produce        
How to produce        
For whom to produce        
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Traditional Economy

• Economic activity is based on ritual, habit and
  custom

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Strengths of Traditional Economies

• Everyone knows their role
• Little uncertainty over what to produce or how to
  produce
• The question of For Whom to produce is answered
  by custom
• Life is generally stable, predictable, and
  continuous

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Weaknesses of Traditional Economies

• Tends to discourage new ideas
• Lack of progress leads to lower standard of living

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Market Economy

• Markets allow buyers and sellers to come together
  in order to exchange goods and services

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Market Economy

• People and firms act in their own best interest
  to answer economic questions

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Strengths

• Markets can adjust over time
• Freedom exists for everyone involved
• Relatively small degree of governmental influence
• Decision making is decentralized
• Variety of goods and services are produced
• High degree of consumer satisfaction

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Weaknesses

• The primary weakness is deciding for whom to
  produce
• The young, sick and old would have difficulty in
  a pure market environment
• Markets sometimes fail

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Command Economy

• Central authority makes most economic decisions
• Economic decisions are made at the top and the
  people are expected to go along with choices
  their leaders make

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Strengths of Command Economies

• Change direction drastically in a relatively
  short time

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Weaknesses of Command Economy

• Not designed to meet the wants and needs of
  individuals
• Lack of incentives to work hard leads to
  unexpected results
• Large bureaucracy for economic planning
• Not flexible in dealing with minor day to day
  problems
• People with new or unique ideas are stifled

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BRAINSTORM

• Which of theses systems best describe the economy
  of the United States?

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Mixed Economy

• -No Economic System is purely Command or purely
  Market .
• -ALL economic systems use some combination of
  command and market features. LIKE A CONTINUUM

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Example North Korea

• Look for a few key elements
• Government
• Values
• Standard of living
• Answer the 3 economic questions

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In pods

• Answer the 3 economic questions
• Decide which type of economic system best
  describes North Koreas economy
• Discuss Based on this video, how can you tell
  the type of economy North Korea has?

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Example India

• Look for a few key elements
• Government
• Values
• Standard of living
• Answer the 3 economic questions

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In Pods

• Answer the 3 economic questions
• Decide which type of economic system best
  describes Indias economy
• Discuss Based on this video, how can you tell
  what type of economic system India has?

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Now find your own!

• Choose 2 countries.
• Research those countries (as well as India and
  the U.S.)
• Things to think about
• Government
• Standard of Living
• Values
• 3 Economic Questions
• Choose one of the countries you researchedIn 1
  paragraph, tell me what country you have chosen,
  what are some of the values your country has, and
  what type of economic system has. Make a
  connection between the countrys values and the
  economic system.