FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM

What is the difference between open opportunity and legal equality? Open opportunity allows people to participate in the market by free choice Legal equality-everyone has the same economic rights

What besides profit, if anything, might motivate a person to start a business? Non profits fulfill a social need and some people create enterprises for that as well

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Open opportunity: everyone has the ability to enter the market List and explain the legal rights built into the free enterprise system. Open opportunity: everyone has the ability to enter the market Free contract: everyone has the right to decide which contracts they enter into Legal equality: everyone has the same economic rights

Explain the chain and effect reactions since the mid-1990s that led to the lower book prices for American consumers. Small book stores 1995 Borders and Barnes & Noble compete Pass along major savings Amazon Lower prices; access to everything More websites

FEATURES OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM: 1.) Owning private property is a basic freedom in the free enterprise system.

2.) People and businesses are free to enter into a voluntary exchange agreement.

3.) People are free to “vote with their dollars”.

4.) People are free to start a business and or choose their career.

5.) People are free to focus first on their own self-interest.

6.) Little government interference.

GOALS OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM: 1.) Maintain economic freedom!

2.) Make the best use of scarce resources.

3.) The government tries to ensure that every citizen shares in the benefits.

4.) Economic stability – employment and stable prices.

5.) Economic security (insurance)

6.) Economic growth

CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM FREE TO CHOOSE MILTON FRIEDMAN MAJOR WORKS: CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM FREE TO CHOOSE BRIGHT PROMISES, DISMAL PERFORMANCES: AN ECONOMISTS PROTEST www.sodahead.com

HIS BELIEFS ON GOV’T. ROLE: MILTON FRIEDMAN HIS BELIEFS ON GOV’T. ROLE: MARKET SHOULD BE FREE TO OPERATE IN ALL FIELDS & PROFESSIONS (LAW, MEDICINE), CUTTING BACK ON REGULATIONS www.another-green-world.blogspot.com

MILTON FRIEDMAN BELIEFS ON LICENSING: LOWERING THE LICENSING STANDARDS WILL BRING MORE OF THESE PROFESSIONS INTO THE MARKET www.distributedrepublic.net

MILTON FRIEDMAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO NIXON & REAGAN AND TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER www.kitmantv.blogspot.com

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