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    for the economy. This school was represented by F.M. Taylor‚ O. Lange‚ A.P.Lerner‚ and H.D. Dickenson. Second school was represented by well-known Austrian economists like Ludwig Mises and Friedrich Hayek who criticized the socialism its centrally planned economy. Hayek believes that socialists target and programmes are impossible to achieve or accomplish in practice (Hayek‚ 1988‚ p.7; Kley‚ 1994‚ p.3). Socialist regimes were activated after the World War I when fighting countries have created

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    interaction between consumers and businesses. Unlike a market economy in which production decisions are made by private citizens and business owners‚ a centrally planned economy seeks to control what is produced and how resources are distributed and used. The production of goods and services is undertaken by state-owned enterprises. Centrally planned economies assume that the market does not work in the best interest of the people‚ and that in order for social and national objectives to be met a central

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    Centrally Planned Economies And Free Market Economies Economics Essay Free markets are the economic systems in which individuals‚ rather than government‚ make the majority of decisions regarding economic activities and transactions. Free market economy is an economy where all markets; it is not controlled by parties other than the players on the market. In its purest form‚ the government plays a neutral role in the government and the law on economic activity is not limited and do not actively promote

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    Planned Economy: "The social good" In a planned economy‚ the factors of production are owned and managed by the government. Thus the Government decides what to produce‚ how much to produce and for whom to produce. Features: • All resources are owned and managed by the government • No consumer OR producer choice • The market forces can’t set the price for goods or services • Profit is not the main objective‚ the government aims to provide services and goods to everybody • Government decides

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    applied to real world economics. A classic example of such theory can be observed with Karl Marx’s theory of value and surplus value which were primarily evident to overthrow capitalistic approaches to a free market economy into a more centrally planned economy approach where a central body would instigate quotas to bring about efficient production and distribution of goods and services which could be apparent in countries such as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Republic of

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    Spiritual poverty means the fading of ideal and faith and an inner void. Who suffer it will stop trying to make any further improvements only drifting with the current. Thus‚ poverty in spirit is not as easy as the material one. Walking from the planned economy to the market economy‚ nowadays in a world full of material desires‚ is there someone not eager to be rich? Wealthy itself is innocent; spiritual poverty is the ringleader. Here comes a case. An old woman fainted in the place of the road

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    allowed. In socialism economic activities are carried on mainly for social gains and personal interest is of less significance. In this economic system the anti social activities like smuggling and hoarding find no place. Economic activities are planned with the motive of social benefit by a central planning authority. The individuals in socialistic society surrender their economic freedom in exchange of assurance of freedom from wants by the State. It is the responsibility of the State to provide

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    Question 1. What are the vital functions of an Economy? Explain the price mechanism. Answer:- An economy refers to the financial system of the region‚ province or nation. "It is a system by which folks get a livelihood." For instance the "Economy includes farms‚ factories‚ mines‚ shops‚ banks‚ roads‚ railways‚ aircrafts‚ offices‚ schools‚ cinemas etc.‚ which grants the people with the goods and services which they also use themselves or sell overseas in order to be able to buy imports." Sir John

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    decision-making. Economic planning can apply to production‚ investment‚ distribution or all three of these functions. Planning may take the form of directive planning or indicative planning. An economy primarily based on central planning is a planned economy; in a planned economy the allocation of resources is determined by a comprehensive plan of production which specifies output requirements. Objectives

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    he used his force to gain power. Stalin achieved his goal in a different way compare to Hitler’s. The Soviet Union under Stalin is a communist nation. Therefore‚ the economy system in Soviet Union was highly controlled by government and it was planned for the next five years according to Stalin’s Five-year Plan. Unlike communism‚ Hitler’s Nazi Germany had a capitalism economy system‚ also know as free economy. Under this system‚ small business and private business are allowed to exist in the nation

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