Economic Systems

Command System

Market System

Mixed System

Decisions: Government, Dictator

Advantages: Government focus on resources on one goal

Description: Citizens in these countries have very little economic freedom. The government owns all economic resources and sources of wealth. Cuba, North Korea

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Disadvantages: All decisions are not always made in the citizens interests.

Decisions: Consumers, Producers, Citzens

Advantages: Businesses compete for same market. Keeping prices down attracting consumers.

Description: Producers and consumers have control to make economic decisions. They all have the personal freedom to decide on how they spend their money. The government tries not to interfere with freedom still provide certain items. Like The United States and Taiwan.

Disadvantages: Due to low prices, environment or social servicers is not a factor. People will also get greedy.

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Decisions: Part Government, Part businesses

Advantages: Government makes regulations to protect the environment, workers, consumers

Description: Individuals and businesses are free to make decisions. The government will still make some decisions to encourage or regulate business to improve quality of life.

Disadvantages: Government may strike the wrong balance. May either fail to encourage business or fail to protect people.

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Economic Sectors

Secondary Sector

Quaternary Sector

Tertiary Sector

Primary Sector

Level of Development: Found predominately in low developed countries

Description: Manufacturing, turning a raw resources into a finished product

Description: Sells goods in a retail store

Description: Focuses on knowledge economy, data research, software

Description: Harvest natural resources/Raw materials/Iron Ore/Oil

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Example: Mining Gold. God is extracted as a raw material. The South Deep Gold Mine is one of the largest mines as of 2020 where they mined 157,100 oz. of gold in 2017

Example: They take the gold and make it into rings, necklaces...

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Level of Development: Found highest in middle developed countries

Level of development: Highest developed countries

example; An Australian company has found a way to mine gold using a new extracting device using fewer chemicals and more safe. The company's name is Clean Mining

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Example: Sales will happen in malls in jewelry stores when sold. Like Tiffany where they sell gold rings or Humbertown jewelry

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Level of development: Towards the more developed but not the highest.