self-interest means people act to better their life. they do this by becoming entrepreneur, getting jobs, buying things, and all of these things help the economy. entrepreneurs turn materials and money products and services, creating jobs and said products and services. people who get a job work to create products in services. then comes competition. in the free market, only the best get ahead, so companies try to make themselves more profitable by increasing efficiency, coming up with new ideas, etc. by doing this, more products and services are created per person, and therefor each person can have more products. basically, they create insentive for people to make more stuff, and therefor people can have more stuff.
Self interest helps out Free Market because it gives people an incentive to work to improve products. People are interested in becoming richer so they have to find a way to make sure you buy their product. To do so they create the best product they can and keep working to improve it. People also open new businesses to make more money for themselves which also helps the consumer.
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It is the motivating force in the free market
competition and self interest
There are five features that describe market economy. They are freedom of choice, motive of self-interest, competition, system of market and prices and limited government.
invisible hand
In a market economy, people are motivated to work by self interest. In a command economy, such as that of North Korea, people are motivated by some combination of patriotism and fear. In a utopian community they might be motivated by idealism. Those are pretty much the only options.
It is the motivating force in the free market
competition and self-interest
competition and self interest
There are five features that describe market economy. They are freedom of choice, motive of self-interest, competition, system of market and prices and limited government.
actually there are 6 main features of market economies : * private property * freedom of choice and enterprise * self interest as the dominating motive * competition * a reliance on the price system * a very little role for government ( negligible role for government )
invisible hand
In a market economy, people are motivated to work by self interest. In a command economy, such as that of North Korea, people are motivated by some combination of patriotism and fear. In a utopian community they might be motivated by idealism. Those are pretty much the only options.
Competition and self-interest are two forces in free market economies.
Competition and self-interest are two forces in free market economies.
Adam Smith.
Private property, Freedom of enterprise and choice, competition, Role of self interest, Markets and price and Achieve but limited governments.
A mixed economy features a "mix" of features from traditional economies, market economies, AND command economies--usually the most advantageous features from each. For example, most mixed economies borrow three of the most advantageous characteristics of a market economy: pricing, private property, and individual self-interest. The United States is one example of a mixed economy.