ecogov: 2.3 centrally planned economies
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ECONOMICSMR. HOOD24 FEBRUARY 2014
2.3 CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES
ECONOMICSMR. HOOD`S NOTES17 FEBRUARY 2014
SECTION FOCUSIN A CENTRALLY PLANNED, OR COMMAND, ECONOMY, THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROLS THE ECONOMY. CENTRAL PLANNING HAS LIMITATIONS AND DISADVANTAGES NOT FOUND IN MARKET ECONOMIES.
INTRODUCTION
CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES
WORK IN DIRECT CONTRAST TO MARKET
ECONOMIES
CENTRALLY PLANNED
ECONOMIES OPPOSE PRIVATE PROPERTY
OPPOSE THE FREE MARKET PRICING
OPPOSE COMPETITION + CONSUMER
CHOICE
OBJECTIVE 1DESCRIBE HOW A
CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY
IS ORGANIZED
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ANSWER 3 ECONOMIC
QUESTIONS
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF FACTOR RESOURCES +
PRODUCTION
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
OWNS LAND AND CAPITAL
IN A SENSE OWNS LABOR, TOO
CONTROL WORK + WAGES
DECISIONS ON WHAT TO PRODUCE NOT MADE BY
CONSUMERS
CONSUMERS DO NOT HAVE CONSUMER
SOVEREIGNTY
SOCIALISM + COMMUNISM
TERMS OFTEN USED INTERCHANGEABLY BUT
DISTINCTIONS MUST BE MADE
1 - SOCIALISM
SOCIAL + POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT DEMOCRATIC
MEANS…
… SHOULD BE USED TO DISTRIBUTE WEALTH EVENLY THROUGHOUT A
SOCIETY
REAL EQUALITY ONLY EXISTS WHEN POLITICAL EQUALITY COUPLED WITH
ECONOMIC EQUALITY
PUBLIC CONTROLS THE
CENTERS OF ECONOMIC POWER
ALTHOUGH SOCIALIST NATIONS ARE
DEMOCRACIES
THEY DO REQUIRE A HIGH
DEGREE OF CENTRAL PLANNING
SOCIALISM EXISTS TO VARYING DEGREES IN
THE WORLD
FOR EXAMPLE: CUBA
2 - COMMUNISM
A POLITICAL SYSTEM CHARACTERIZED BY A CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY WITH
ALL…
…ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWER RESTING IN THE HANDS OF THE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT
A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT AROSE OUT OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF
SOCIALISM
ALL ECONOMIC + POLITICAL POWER RESTS
IN THE HANDS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
COMMUNIST
GOVERNMENTS ARE AUTHORITARIAN
STRICT OBEDIENCE FROM CITIZENS,
NO FREEDOM OF JUDGEMENT OR ACTION
DOMINATED BY A SINGLE PARTY OR
DICTATOR
FOR E XAMPLE: FORMER SOVIET UNION
CONFUSED? HOW DO
SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM DIFFER?
IN SOCIALIST COUNTRIES THE
GOVERNMENT OFTEN OWNS MAJOR INDUSTRIES
SOCIALISM HAS BEEN ACHIEVED PEACEFULLY THROUGH
DEMOCRACY
IN COMMUNIST NATIONS ALL ECONOMIC + POLITICAL POWER RESTS IN HANDS OF CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNIST
GOVERNMENTS ARE AUTHORITARIAN
AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENTS DEMAND STRICT OBEDIENCE FROM
CITIZENS…
…THEY DO NOT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS FREEDOM OF
JUDGEMENT AND ACTION
OBJECTIVE 2IDENTIFY THE
PROBLEMS OF A CENTRALLY PLANNED
ECONOMY
IN THEORY, CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES CAN WORK
EFFECTIVELY…
…TOWARD EXPLICITLY STATED GOALS
BUT CANNOT MEET
CONSUMERS´ NEEDS OR WANTS
LACK OF INCENTIVE TO WORK HARD
DOES NOT REWARD INNOVATION, DISCOURAGES AND
KIND OF CHANGE
…TOWARD EXPLICITLY STATED GOALS
SACRIFICE PERSONAL
FREEDOMS FOR SOCIAL GOALS
MANY COUNTRIES HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH CENTRALLY
PLANNED ECONOMIES…
…AND MOST HAVE FAILED