1. After this unit you will be able to…
Define Free Enterprise, Mixed/Socialist, and Command Economies
Explain what groups hold the power in these economic systems and who determines how goods/services are distributed
Classify where various countries belong on the eco spectrum

2. Which words are you familiar with, and which do you not yet know?
Traditional Economy
Command Economy
Market Economy
Subsistence
Beliefs and Customs
Supply and Demand
Communism
Free Enterprise
Socialism

3. How are goods produced and traded here?
Traditional economy
Determined by
Survival and needs of the tribe or village
Customs and beliefs passed down
Self, family, fellow tribe members
Traditional economy
Determined by
Survival and needs of the tribe or village
Customs and beliefs passed down
Self, family, fellow tribe members
Individuals, families, and tribes produce the goods and products that they need.
The goods produced through: customs, beliefs, and traditions passed directly to the young.
Individuals produce & consume goods, but trade occurs when special skills or surplus goods are available through direct barter. Ex.: Australian Aborigines
TRADITIONAL ECONOMY
(Poorer nations, tribal culture)

4. How are goods produced and traded here?
COMMAND/ PLANNED ECONOMY
A system where the government, rather than the free market, determines what goods should be produced, how much should be produced and the price at which the goods will be offered for sale.
The command economy is a key feature of any communist society. Ex.: Cuba, North Korea and the former Soviet Union

5. How are goods produced and traded here?
FREE ENTERPRISE/MARKET ECONOMY!
An economic system in which economic decisions and the pricing of goods and services are guided solely by the aggregate interactions of a country's citizens and businesses and there is little government intervention or central planning.
Ex.: Japan, USA, Hong Kong

6. How are goods produced and traded here?
MIXED/SOCIALIST ECONOMY
An economic system that includes a mixture of free enterprise/market and socialism.
This type of economic system includes a combination of private economic freedom and centralized economic planning and government regulation.
Ex.: France, Sweden, U.K.

7. What do you notice? FORMER USSR CUBA CHINA NORTH KOREA SWEDEN
NETHERLANDS
FINLAND
CANADA UNITED STATES
RUSSIA
FRANCE
U.K. JAPAN
MONACO
HONG KONG

8. Let’s see what we know…
Using the economic spectrum, where would Canada fall in relation to the United States? A closer to socialism B closer to free enterprise C closer to the communism D much closer to free enterprise
Where would Japan likely fall on the economic spectrum? F Command G Mixed/Socialist H Traditional J Free Enterprise

9. Let’s see what we know…
The European Union has which type of economy? A traditional economy B command economy C mixed economy D limited economy
Which of the following is an example of an economy where economic decisions are made based on customs and beliefs? A Han in China B Belgians in Europe C French in Canada D Aborigines of Australia

10. You will use this information to construct a spectrum and place both economic and political systems on the spectrum.