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What is the definition of "refute"?
What is the definition of "refute"?
To refute something means to contradict it, disprove it or show it to be false.
The basic law of supply states: as the price of a commodity rises, producers expand their supply onto the market.
The basic law of supply states: as the price of a commodity rises, producers expand their supply onto the market.
True
What are the three determinants of the price of a product in a competitive market?
What are the three determinants of the price of a product in a competitive market?
Supply and demand, total satisfaction of consumers and marginal utility.
What are the advantages of a Market Economy?
What are the advantages of a Market Economy?
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What are the disadvantages of a Market Economy?
What are the disadvantages of a Market Economy?
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What are the advantages of a Command Economy?
What are the advantages of a Command Economy?
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What are the disadvantages of a Command Economy?
What are the disadvantages of a Command Economy?
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What are the three main types of economic systems?
What are the three main types of economic systems?
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What is the difference between a free market economy and a planned economy?
What is the difference between a free market economy and a planned economy?
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What is the circular flow of income model?
What is the circular flow of income model?
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What are leakages and injections?
What are leakages and injections?
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Disadvantages of Market Economies
- Government can waste resources
- Level of production is not always responsive to market demand
- Lack of competition, innovation, and efficiency
- Black market (corruption)
- Less economic freedom
- Government may not share the same aims as the majority of the population
Economic Systems
- Free market economy (usually private sector)
- Planned economy (uses command methods)
- Mixed economy
The free market economy
- Private sector ownership of resources
- Public sector ownership of resources
- Economic decision-making
Modeling the economy
- Circular flow of income model
- Interdependence between economic decision-makers
- Banks, firms, households, and the government
- Leakages and injections
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