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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.

True

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?

<p>Increased efficiency, productivity and innovation. The ability to adjust to change. Individual freedom. The variety of goods and services created. The high degree of consumer satisfaction. Competition. Efficient resource allocation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the disadvantages of a Market Economy?

<p>The government can be wasteful with resources, the 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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the advantages of a Command Economy?

<p>Low levels of inequality and unemployment. Reduction of market failure and to efficient use of resources. Periods of economic growth. Profits used to expand production. Consumers receive basic necessities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the disadvantages of a Command Economy?

<p>Production of goods and services is planned to meet society's needs and wants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three main types of economic systems?

<p>Free market economy, planned economy and mixed economy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between a free market economy and a planned economy?

<p>The free market economy is private ownership, economic decision-making, while the planned economy is public sector: resource ownership, economic decision-making.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the circular flow of income model?

<p>The interdependence between economic decision-makers interacting and making choices in an economy: banks, firms, households, the government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are leakages and injections?

<p>Leakages are withdrawals from the circular flow of income, while injections are the additions to the flow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

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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