12. A) Traditional economy – 3
questions
What to produce? – goods for
survival
How to produce? – farming, hunting, gathering
For whom to produce? - for themselves, for
15. A) Traditional economy – Pros &
Cons
Positive sides
Tradition is maintained
Each member of society has a profound role
Predictable job and lifestyle
Negative sides
Vulnerable to changes – cannot handle change very well
Lack of resources and limited production
No technology, low standard of living
16. B) Command economy - Definition
Government makes all the economic decisions!
17. B) Command economy - Features
Centralized power decides about everything!
18. B) Command economy– 3 questions
What to produce? – government
decides
How to produce? – government planning
For whom to produce? – government controls
22. B) Command economy– Pros & Cons
Positive sides
No worry for employment, housing, education, healthcare
Regulation (protection of environment, socio-disabled…)
Coordination of scarce resources at time of crisis
Negative sides
Limited innovation by individuals
Consumers have no choice, no freedom
Unfair to population, unrest can happen
23. C) Market economy - Definition
Market economies are hypothetical! Only market
24. C) Market economy - Features
Free market, no government intervention!
25. C) Market economy– 3 questions
What to produce? – consumer
decides
How to produce? – companies choose
For whom to produce? – based on consumer’ income
27. C) Market economy– Pros & Cons
Positive sides
People have more choice, can start business they like
Seemingly perfect
No government involvement, no taxes, no regulation
Negative sides
Not-existent
Zero government involvement
Desire for money can lead to poor quality of goods
28. D) Mixed economy - Definition
Combination of market and command economy!
29. D) Mixed economy - Features
Market forces + Government intervention!
30. D) Mixed economy– 3 questions
What to produce? – businesses, consumers /
government
How to produce? – government set safety
standards
For whom to produce? – consumers/ social welfare
31. D) Mixed economy– Examples
USA, Canada, England, Mexico, Japan, many
32. D) Mixed economy– Examples
USA, Canada, England, Mexico, Japan, many
33. D) Mixed economy– Pros & Cons
Positive sides
Allows for freedom
Anyone can be successful
Innovation
Negative sides
Government disputes
Taxes
Inequality in the world, poverty
34. Exercise: Link the letters with
numbers
1 Inuit, Amish, Bedouin belong
2 Government is responsible
3 Market forces+ Government
4 Bartering
5 Examples of market
6 Economic system
7 Scarcity
8 Entrepreneur
9 Factors of production
10 Command economy is
a Way of production, distribution
goods and services
b None
c Land, Labor and Capital
d Not enough resources for
wants
e Person who organizes, manages
of production
f National defense, fire-fighting
owned companies
g Mixed economy
h Traditional economy
i Centralized power
j Trading without money
35. Exercise: resolved!
1 Inuit, Amish, Bedouin belong
2 Government is responsible
3 Market forces+ Government
4 Bartering
5 Examples of market
6 Economic system
7 Scarcity
8 Entrepreneur
9 Factors of production
10 Command economy is
h Traditional economy
f National defense, fire-fighting
owned companies
g Mixed economy
j Trading without money
b None
a Way of production, distribution
goods and services
d Not enough resources for
wants
e Person who organizes, manages
of production
c Land, Labor and Capital
i Centralized power
36. Homework
Choose one economic system (Bedouins, Amish,
Inuit community, USSR, North Korea, USA,
Macedonia) and by using words, pictures and
interesting facts explain it in detail. The essay
needs to be minimum 2 pages!
37. Literature, links and a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djPFUgUOujY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q8WUvWIb8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQz5q42nmL4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHkviUk_47k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZGqPtzAH5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHJSSr_wrJY
https://www.economicsonline.co.uk/Competitive_mark
ets/Economic_systems.html
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sociology/chapter/
economic-systems/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpqq9HXYJPM
Editor's Notes
Scarcity means that there are not enough goods and services to satisfy the needs and wants of everyone. The source of the scarcity problem is that people have limited resources to satisfy their unlimited material wants.
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Individuals = At a personal level, people have limited income to spend on the many items they want. Is it better to save money for a vacation or for buying a new flat? Can you afford the school you most prefer to attend or the car that you would most like to own? People don’t have sufficient financial resources to spend on ALL the things they like, such as clothes, computers, concerts, flats, vacations, sport events. Human wants are said to be unlimited because no matter how much people have, they always want more of something. Because not all wants can be fulfilled individuals must choose which ones to fulfil with limited available resources. In a world of scarcity every want that is fulfilled results in one or more other wants remaining unfulfilled. (Individuals seek to maximize their satisfaction from consuming goods and services. Because income is limited and goods have prices, they cannot buy all the things they would like to have. Therefore, they have to choose an attainable combination of goods and services that will maximize their satisfaction.)
Societies = also face a scarcity problem. Money devoted to the national defense is not available for education or healthcare. Should tax money be used to purchase additional tanks or should these money be used to finance the construction of a new highway?
Resources are limited and both, individuals and society attempt to choose wisely. Obtaining the greatest value from resources is the goal of economic choice. Scarcity exists when not enough of a commodity is available to satisfy all of the wants.
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Factors of production are limited!
Resources, or factors of production, are inputs used in the production of goods or services. The total quantity of resources that an economy has at any one time determines how much output the economy can produce. The factors of production are classified as follows:
LAND = land refers to all natural resources, such as raw materials, land, minerals, forests, water and climate, used in the productive process.
LABOR = includes all physical and mental efforts that people make available for production
CAPITAL = capital or investment goods refers to goods that are used to produce other goods or services. This includes such things as machinery, tools, computers, buildings, roads. Economists don’t consider money to be capital because it is not directly used in production.
ENTERPERNEURSHIP = this factor of production is a special type of labor. An entrepreneur is a person who organizes, manages and assembles the other factors of production to produce goods or services. Entrepreneurs seek profit by undertaking risky activities such as starting a new business, creating a new product, or inventing a new way of accomplishing something. Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft Corp.), Levi Strauss (founder of Levi Strauss Co.) and Henry Ford (founder of Ford Motor) are examples of highly successful entrepreneurs.
These factors of production have a common characteristic: they are in limited supply. Quantities of mineral deposits, capital equipment, arable land and labor (time) are available only in finite amounts. Because of the scarcity of resources and the limitation this scarcity imposes on productive activity, output will be limited. Limited resources conflict with unlimited wants.
Economics is a study of choice under conditions of scarcity.
Almost every society in the world faces with the same problem: how to distribute limited resources to people in a way it would be fair and effective. Different societies are approaching this problem in a different way!
The type of economy is determined by the extent of government involvement in economic decision making.
The scarcity problem requires answers to basic questions, such as:
What to produce?
How to produce it?
For whom to produce?
An economic system is a set of principles based on which an economy can run and make decisions about which goods and services to produce, how to produce and exchange them. Economic system is the way resources (factors of production) are controlled within a nation and how they are distributed among the population. How these factors of production are controlled and distributed defines the economic system.
There are lots of definitions of Economic systems, among which are:
1) Economic system is the way a society organizes the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. It shows what does a society wants and strives to achieve. Countries must decide how to distribute its resources to meet the needs of its people.
2) Economic system is an organized way in which a country allocates resources and distributes goods and services across the whole nation.
3) An Economic system is a set of principles based on which an economy can run and make decisions about which goods and services to produce, how to produce and exchange them.
4) A country’s economic system is made up of institutions and decision-making structures that determine the economic activity.
5) Economic system is the way resources (factors of production) are controlled within a nation and how they are distributed among population
There are 4 essential types of Economic systems:
Traditional economy
Command economy
Market economy and
Mixed economy
For each of them, in the next slides, the following items are given:
Definition + 3 economic questions
Characteristics
Examples
Pros & Cons
Traditional economy is based on culture and rituals and it is focused on the community as a whole. Small economies focused on hunting, farming and gathering are considered traditional economy.
Definition: Traditional economies are economies that still produce goods based on customs, values, tradition, beliefs, habits or religion. These areas tend to be rural and not so much in making money, but surviving. Roles are defined by family. People rely on making things the old fashioned way. Way that they are doing things upon years, upon People work together for the common good. Little individual choice. People will make what they have always made and will do the same work their parents did. Exchange of good is done through bartering: trading without using money, goods for goods.
Traditional economy is characterized by the following items:
Minimal waste
Rural conditions
Little to no profit –farming, gathering, hunting
Limited technology
Traditional economy answers the three economic questions in the following way:
What to produce? Who decides what to produce?
People follow their customs and make only what is needed to take care of themselves. They rely on old-fashioned way. They are doing what they ancestors did in the past. Roles are defined by the family (community).
2) How to produce it? Who decided how to produce goods and services?
People grow and make things the same way that their ancestors did.
3) For whom to produce? For whom are the goods and services produced for?
Self and trading purposes (people in the village who need them).
Examples of traditional economies:
-Parts of Africa (Sub-Saharan region) – Bedouins
-Parts of Latin America
-Parts of the Middle East – Amish community
-Parts of Asia
- Inuit cultures (Eskimos of North America and Canada)
Examples of traditional economies:
-Parts of Africa (Sub-Saharan region) – Bedouins
-Parts of Latin America
-Parts of the Middle East – Amish community
-Parts of Asia
- Inuit cultures (Eskimos of North America and Canada)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djPFUgUOujY
Command economy relies on the government to make all economic decisions, including allocating and distributing resources and regulating prices. A central authority makes all decisions regarding production, distribution, salaries, investments and prices.
Definition: Command economies are economies that are typically controlled from one place, the government. Government makes all decisions on what and how much to produce. Government also decides values and pay. Government decides where people will work. It owns most of the property. Command economy is known as planned economy, or centrally-planned economy. Scarce resources are allocated by government or some central body. Government direct / command resources to be used in particular ways.
Command economy is characterized by the following items:
Centralized power
Government ownership of the factors of production (resources, land, supplies, factories)
Usually socialist or communist style setup that allows this to happen
Government tries to ensure that the wealth is distributed equally
Command economy answers the three economic questions in the following way:
What to produce? Who decides what to produce?
Government makes all the economic decisions. (government preferences). Government manages all or most resources and industries. The government exerts control over the allocation and distribution of all or some goods and services. Government decides about social needs.
2) How to produce it? Who decided how to produce goods and services?
Government decides how to make goods and services
3) For whom to produce? For whom are the goods and services produced for?
Whoever the government decides to give them to.
Examples of command economies:
- USSR (ex, former Soviet Union)
China
Cuba
Vietnam
North Korea
This system has not been very successful and more and more countries are abandoning it.
Examples of command economies:
- USSR (ex, former Soviet Union)
China
Cuba
Vietnam
North Korea
This system has not been very successful and more and more countries are abandoning it.
Examples of command economies:
- USSR (ex, former Soviet Union)
China
Cuba
Vietnam
North Korea
This system has not been very successful and more and more countries are abandoning it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djPFUgUOujY
Market economy relies only on the market forces – demand and supply! No government involvement. Resources are allocated through the interaction of free and self directed market forces. Self-interest is at the heart of free market economies. Free market system is an economic system that allows supply and demand to regulate prices, wages, ….rather than government. In a free market, competition dictates how goods and services will be allocated. Companies produce goods and services that are wanted by consumers. Consumers will buy these goods and services in order to maximize their utility. At the same time, companies must produce qualitative products because they are in severe competition with others.
Definition: Market economies are hypothetical. A market economy is where all production and consumption is controlled by the market, by supply and demand. Companies only produce what will be consumed and the people only want what is produced. All resources are privately owned. It is a perfect economy and it doesn’t exist.
Market economy is characterized by the following items:
Free market (supply & demand)
Zero government involvement
Market economy answers the three economic questions in the following way:
What to produce? Who decides what to produce?
Whatever the market demands and that will produce profit.
2) How to produce it? Who decided how to produce goods and services?
Companies, based on research on consumer needs and wants.
3) For whom to produce? For whom are the goods and services produced for?
Consumers who demand the products and are willing to pay. Government is not involved. Resources are distributed based on supply and demand.
Examples of market economies:
NONE
This economic system is perfect and non existant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djPFUgUOujY
No one economy in the world is purely market or planned.
Definition: Mixed economies are economies that are a combination of market forces and central planning. They have a private sector where resources are allocated privately by market forces plus a public sector where resources are allocated mainly by government (defense, police, fire-services). Resources are allocated by a combination of market and planning, such as healthcare. This economic system utilizes limited government involvement while also applying free market concepts. There is a balance between consumer choices and government control. If the economy gets into trouble, for example, the government intervenes.
Mixed economy is characterized by the following items:
Market, more or less free of government
Some state-run enterprises
Individual liberties
Mixed economy answers the three economic questions in the following way:
What to produce? Who decides what to produce?
Determined partly by consumer preferences and partly by government
2) How to produce it? Who decided how to produce goods and services?
Partly by producers seeking profit and partly by government
3) For whom to produce? For whom are the goods and services produced for?
Determined partly by purchasing power and partly by government preferences
Examples of mixed economies:
USA
Canada
England
Mexico
Japan
Many European countries
Examples of mixed economies:
USA
Canada
England
Mexico
Japan
Many European countries