Ss1d - 3 The Economic System
Ss1d - 3 The Economic System
Ss1d - 3 The Economic System
UNIT 2
CHAPTER 4
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL ECONOMY
• Refers to interconnected
worldwide economic activities
that take place between
multiple countries.
• It can have either a positive or
negative impact on the
countries involved.
Every society must answer Three
Economic questions:
What goods and services should be
produced?
How should these goods and services
be produced?
Who consumes these goods and
services?
WHAT IS
ECONOMIC SYSTEM?
ECONOMIC SYSTEM
• An organized way in which a
state or nation produces,
allocates, distributes its
resources and apportions goods
and services in the national
community.
• Regulate factors of production,
including capital, labor, land/physical
The Global Economy of most
countries is classified into there
categories:
MARKET COMMAND MIXED
ECONOMY ECONOMY ECONOMY
MARKET ECONOMY
Decision making of private individuals
Economy under the will and interest of the
individuals.
Economic freedom to purchase and sell
MARKET
ECONOMY
AUSTRALIA SWITZERLAND
COMMAND ECONOMY
A central economic planning body handles the
entire decision making.
The quality and quantity of goods and services
produced is based on the decision of the
government.
Production quantity is dictated, consumer behavior
is directed, and market operation is controlled by
a single authority.
Its objective is to mobilize resources for the
common good of the public and for the interest of
the nation.
NORTH KOREA CUBA
RUSSIA CHINA
MIXED ECONOMY
Market-driven economies
Combination of market and command
economies.
Some sectors are under the directions of
the private individuals while other aspects
of the economy are left within the guidance
of the government.
State can take over the ownership and
operation of a private company for the
PHILIPPINES UNITED STATES
• Less inequality
• Common good versus profit
priority
• Can prevent abuse of monopoly
COMMAND ECONOMY:DISADVANTAGES
• Price controls
• Bureaucratic
• Threat to democracy and
liberty
MIXED ECONOMY: ADVANTAGES