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Traditional Economy

Traditional Economies, also known as Subsistence Economies are the earliest and original economic system. Production is determined by local traditions, customs, and beliefs. Areas that use traditional economies tend to be rural and agricultural and historically engaged in local bartering and trading.

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What is a description of a market economy?

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A market economy is an economic system where goods and services are produced, distributed, and priced based on the interplay of supply and demand. In this type of economy, individuals and businesses interact freely, making their own decisions about what to produce and consume. Prices are determined through open competition, and private ownership of resources is prevalent. The government's role is typically limited to ensuring a level playing field, enforcing property rights, and regulating some aspects of economic activity. Market economies are characterized by their flexibility, innovation, and the potential for individuals to pursue their own economic goals.

What is the same about the money system and the bartering system?

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How are money and barter and money alike and different

What is a synonym for barter?

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Broker, retailer, seller, sender, vendor, trafficker, shipper, marketer

What is needed for bartering?

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Bartering comes in many shapes and sizes. Two of the most important aspects are trust and community. Alset is working to create a space where bartering can be executed effectively and efficiently. You can download the app to join the bartering movement and connect with a forward looking community. You can find it on the App or Google Play store: Alset Community

What are characteristics for subsistence economy?

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A subsistence economy has benefits that are few and far between, however they do exist. Thus i will proceed to list them. 1) A subsistence economy only creates enough food for its people so no surplus is created and no food will be wasted through any form of disposal. 2) Many subsistence economy's have many resources but not the technology or wealth to exploit aforementioned resources, thus making them ripe for exploitation by rich capitalists, thus driving up the countries GDP. 3) Workers in a subsistence economy are motivated as they must work hard to feed their potentially starving family's, and if they do happen to get fired they will (with almost no doubt) be led to an early grave. 4) There is no shortage of easily exploitable workers in a subsistence economy as everyone wants work and everyone is willing to receive a pittance for the work, and child labor is not outlawed in many subsistence economies. 5) Governments in subsistence economy's are easily corrupt by rich capitalists (and the government can't be unseated by the citizens in any form of rebellion as they are all to weak) which can potentially drive up standards of living in the country if the government uses any of its money to help citizens. 6) In a capitalist economy wants are said to be 'unlimited'. This is the economic problem. But in a subsistence economy all the citizens want is food, water and shelter. There is no time for luxuriating or dreaming. Hopefully i have satisfied your question, and if not this was difficult so stop whining. But advantages of a subsistence economy? What an odd question. On the contrary the only reason I found this was because i am researching the same topic. Have fun out there ~Dylan F~

What economic system replaced bartering?

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There was a period in the Early Middle Ages when very few coins were produced, and the presumption is that during this period economies of Europe were dominated by barter, though there is no record of this. We know that a stable currency was introduced by Charlemagne with the Frankish denier, which was intended to reestablish the Roman denarius as a monetary basis. The denier was adopted by a large number of other countries, including the Ango-Saxon kingdoms, where the new penny was of very similar value.

Who decides what to produce in a traditional economy?

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The manufacturers produce whatever they can sell, from the raw materials available to them. Their sales will result from how their products meet the needs and wants of their customers. The decision on what to produce is driven by the market demand of consumers.

How does a traditional economy differ from a capitalist economy?

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In a capitalist system, the government answers the three basic questions.

What are countries with traditional economy?

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Traditional Economies Traditional economies refers to countries which have their economy based on the basic economic activities of hunting and gathering or farming.

A traditional economy is basically an economic system in which resources are allocated by inheritance, and which has a strong social network and is based on indigenous technology and methods.

Examples: Two countries which would be examples of this would be many of the African countries which use agriculture as their main basis for growing food and for jobs, in addition some Asian countries, such as Bangladesh and Burma also rely on farming (agriculture) as their main way for both employment and for producing food for the family and the nation.

A couple of other African countries who would fit into this category would include Malawi and the Ivory Coast.

Of Africa's 50 or so countries well over half of them would still use traditional ways of gathering and producing food even now in the year 2010.

In Addition A traditional economy is one that, like the name suggests, stems from tradition. All the economic discussions are determined by habit and tradition. In this system, people know their place, if your family is a doctor, you will be too. There is little discrepancy about who will do what and how. Because of this however, new ideas or ways of doing things are scorned, thus there is little growth and the standard of living is lower.

Entrepreneurs are very rarely found in a traditional economy, Life becomes very stable and predictable. This type of economy is best shown in the Eskimos in Alaska and the Amish people.

What are pros and cons of a traditional economy?

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Strong socail network based on primtive methods and tools produce more food than they need tade surplus for goods

How did the American Indians use barter?

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Its simple, one tribe or "Trade Groups" would go up to the settlers or the U.S. forts and simply trade. Both sides usually got what they wanted. But the White mans goods had diseases that the Lakota had never encountered. Because of this, many Lakota died.

What is an example of modern day traditional economic system?

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There are no pure traditional economy in the World now. India is not a traditional economy. Many economies continue with traditional small scale/ cottage/ village industries limited by local markets as well as traditional small scale fragmented land farming, but most economies have modern industries and transport, growing urbanization. None of the countries can be strictly referred to as traditional economies. And, many of the countries are exporting and importing through cross border trade. Many are capitalist economies, often mixed economies. Some are relatively closed economies with communist or religious dictatorships.

If you mean which countries have small scale traditional industries coexisting with modern industries, then most undeveloped and developing countries fall in this category. They include, beside India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal. Vietnam, Indonesia,. Myanmar, , Mauritius, several poor African countries.

A traditional economy is an economic system in which resources are allocated by inheritance, and which has a strong social network and is based on primitive methods and tools. It is strongly connected to subsistence farming. Most countries that have historically had a traditional economy have replaced it with a command economy, market economy, or mixed economy. However, it is still found today in underdeveloped, agricultural parts of South America, Asia, and Africa. A traditional economy is where people produce most of what they need to survive. Hunting and gathering, farming, and herding cattle are the bases of traditional economy. People hunt for the food they eat or raise it themselves. Often they make their own clothing and tools. If they produce more food than they need, they trade the surplus, or extra food, for goods made by others.

Can a traditional economy be unpredictable?

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"Unpredictable" is an evaluation of a certain scenario panning out. As the question is phrased, no particular scenario in a traditional economy is being evaluated, some of which are completely predictable, but others which are mildly or extremely unpredictable.

The organization and maintenance of trade partners under a traditional economy -- predictable. Most people in a traditional economy live in very small and localized communities. As a result, their choices for interaction are very few and easily modeled.


The exchange values between commodities in a traditional economy -- mildly unpredictable. Since traditional economies are based on barter, the value of a particular good is motivated more by negotiation and the demands at the moment. For example, in a time a poor harvests, a bushel of wheat may be worth more shoes than it would be in a time of plenty. However, the price will almost never become absolutely outrageous because otherwise the shoemaker will go into his agricultural production.


Agricultural and resource yields in a traditional economy -- extremely unpredictable. Since modern agricultural techniques are not used, famines are quite common. Since modern geologic surveys are not performed, the likelihood of finding metals or rare woods is very haphazard. This leads to high levels of unpredictability.

Why are there so few traditional economies in the world today?

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Traditional economies lead to less economic prosperity than capitalist and planned economies because of the efficiency of industrial production. As a result, people are voting with their feet and wallets to leave traditional economies and embrace capitalism or some other form of industrial economy.