1.1.6 Command Economy

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1.1.6 Command Economy

Advantages

  • Maximise welfare - prevent income inequalities through welfare payments to ensure a minimum standard of living.
  • Prevent monopolies - eg. Competition and Markets Authority.

Disadvantages

  • Poor decision-making - lack of knowledge (asymmetric information).
  • Restricted choice.
  • Lack of risk-taking and x-inefficiencies as governments have no incentive to lower costs and pursue objectives other than profit maximising.
  • Loss of consumer freedom - dictatorship.

Evaluation

Mixed economy: Both types of economies have benefits but also major problems so most economies have tried to move towards some form of compromise economy, called a mixed economy. This is an economy where both the free market mechanism and the government planning process allocate a significant amount of the total resources in the country. Each country will have a different amount of control by the government, but it is usually between 40-60%. 

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