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CAPITALISM VS. SOCIALISM
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Factors of Production Land – natural resources Capital and Technology – human made resources used to produce goods Ex: buildings, machines, computers Labor – workers Entrepreneur/Management – organizer of other factors of production Initiative, ambition, willing to take risk/loss
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Pure Socialism Controlled by the government: Factors of production Decisions about what to produce and how to produce Prices Movement of resources and labor Responsibility for risk – gains or losses
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Government programs funded by taxation Welfare, medical/dental care, unemployment benefits, retirement pension, maternity leave, child payments, vacation time off 50 – 60% of your income
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Foundations Karl Marx – Communist Manifesto Spontaneous revolution of the proletariat Classless society Vladimir Lenin Russian Revolution “Dictatorship of the proletariat” Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong
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Pure Capitalism Controlled by private individuals and businesses: Factors of production Decisions about what to produce and how to produce - “Free Enterprise” Movement of resources and labor Responsibility for risk – gains or losses – “profit motive”, incentive
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Consumers drive the market Prices determined by “supply and demand” Competition creates lower prices and higher efficiency
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Foundations Adam Smith – The Wealth of Nations Laissez-faire – government should have a limited role in the economy “Invisible hand” will guide marketplace to promote individual interest
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