Generally speaking, in a free market economy, the consumer is the most reliable source of information on this economic question. In planned economies, for whatever reason, the government makes those decisions. Examples of that not being a sound economic policy was recently born out on North Korea. There the central government decided to devote more of its economy to weapons & defense on a percentage basis more than any other country. Its neglect of not paying more attention to farming resulted in a famine of sorts about 18 months ago.
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Free/market economy
Entrepreneurs
A market economy (also called a free market economy or a free enterprise economy) is an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods and services take place through the mechanism of free markets guided by a free price system. In a market economy, businesses and consumers decide of their own volition what they will purchase and produce. Technically this means that the producer gets to decide what to produce, how much to produce, what to charge to customers for those goods, what to pay employees, etc., and not the government. These decisions in a free-market economy are influenced by the pressures of competition, supply, and demand. This is often contrasted with a planned economy, in which a central government decides what will be produced and in what quantities. No pure market economy exists. Thus, almost all economies in the world today are mixed economies which combine varying degrees of market and command economy traits. For example, in the United States there are more market economy traits than in Western European countries. The advantages of a free market economy are for example - supply and demand
Consumers
In a market economy, it is the producer, typically influenced by the demands of the consumer, who makes decisions about what to produce. This is in contrast to a command economy where the government makes those decisions.
Free/market economy
Entrepreneurs
A market economy (also called a free market economy or a free enterprise economy) is an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods and services take place through the mechanism of free markets guided by a free price system. In a market economy, businesses and consumers decide of their own volition what they will purchase and produce. Technically this means that the producer gets to decide what to produce, how much to produce, what to charge to customers for those goods, what to pay employees, etc., and not the government. These decisions in a free-market economy are influenced by the pressures of competition, supply, and demand. This is often contrasted with a planned economy, in which a central government decides what will be produced and in what quantities. No pure market economy exists. Thus, almost all economies in the world today are mixed economies which combine varying degrees of market and command economy traits. For example, in the United States there are more market economy traits than in Western European countries. The advantages of a free market economy are for example - supply and demand
Consumers
In a market economy, it is the producer, typically influenced by the demands of the consumer, who makes decisions about what to produce. This is in contrast to a command economy where the government makes those decisions.
A market economy (also called a free market economy or a free enterprise economy) is an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods and services take place through the mechanism of free markets guided by a free price system. In a market economy, businesses and consumers decide of their own volition what they will purchase and produce. Technically this means that the producer gets to decide what to produce, how much to produce, what to charge to customers for those goods, what to pay employees, etc., and not the government. These decisions in a free-market economy are influenced by the pressures of competition, supply, and demand. This is often contrasted with a planned economy, in which a central government decides what will be produced and in what quantities. No pure market economy exists. Thus, almost all economies in the world today are mixed economies which combine varying degrees of market and command economy traits. For example, in the United States there are more market economy traits than in Western European countries. The advantages of a free market economy are for example - supply and demand
Controlled.
Market economy
A command economy is one in which the government decides which goods and services will be available. There is officially no free market in a command economy.
In a {Traditional Economy}, economic decisions are based on customs handed down from generation to generation. In a {Market Economy} individuals make their own decisions about what to produce how to produce it & for whom to produce it.
A Market economy is reffered to as an economy in which the consumers decide what to produce, How to produce and For whom to produce. There are several disadvantages of a market economy. The main one being an inefficient allocation of resources refered to as market failure. Firstly, some good and services would be under provided such as defence and education.
In a market economy, goods and services are produced for consumers.