ECON-221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Capitalism, Mixed Economy, Opportunity Cost

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Individuals pursue their own self-interest buying and selling what seems best for themselves and their families. Other things being equal, sellers seek high prices while buyers seek low prices. There is reliance on price mechanism to allocate resources. Prices are set in open markets in which would be sellers compete to sell their wares to would be buyers. Indeed, in a strictly free enterprise economy, the only major role performed by the govt. would be that of creating a framework of rules (i. e. laws) within which both private individuals and firms could conduct their affairs. There is the existence of the right to own and dispose of private property. Any individual is free to own and dispose off factors of production. (b) command economy. This is an economy in which resources are allocated by central planning authority appointed by the state. In this case, key industries and resources are controlled and owned by the state.

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