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Exploring Economic Systems: Traditional, Free Market, and More

Dive into the world of economic systems with this lesson. Learn about traditional, free market, centrally planned, and mixed economies. Understand key economic questions and how nations answer them differently.

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Exploring Economic Systems: Traditional, Free Market, and More

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  1. Economic Systems • In this lesson, students will examine the four economic systems. • Students will be able to define the following terms: • An Economic System • Traditional Economy • Free Market Economy • Centrally Planned Economy • Mixed Economy E. Napp

  2. Economic Questions • Economic Systems • Economic Growth E. Napp

  3. What goods and services will a country produce? E. Napp

  4. An Economic System • An economic system is a method used by a society to produce and distribute goods and services. • There are three key questions addressed by every economic system: • What goods and services will be produced? • How will these goods and services be produced? • Who will consume these goods and services? E. Napp

  5. Who will consume these goods? That is a key economic question. E. Napp

  6. Nations, like people, answer the key economic questions differently. E. Napp

  7. A Traditional Economy • In a traditional economy, people live and work as their ancestors lived and worked. • In a traditional economy, we • produce what our ancestors produced. • produce it the way our ancestors did. • distribute it the way our ancestors did. E. Napp

  8. It’s all about the ancestors. Traditional economies do not encourage change. E. Napp

  9. A Free Market Economy • In a free market economy, people are free to buy and sell whatever their money allows. • The government does not interfere in the business of business. • The individual has complete economic freedom. E. Napp

  10. In a free market, individuals are free to buy and sell. E. Napp

  11. A Centrally Planned Economy • In a centrally planned economy, the government makes all economic decisions. • The government answers the three key economic questions. • Karl Marx advocated a centrally planned economy. E. Napp

  12. Communists advocate centrally planned economies. E. Napp

  13. A Mixed Economy • Modern nations have mixed economies. • A mixed economy combines elements of the other three economic systems. • However, it is important to remember that nations mix their economic systems differently. E. Napp

  14. Just as every person mixes a milkshake differently, so, too, do nations mix their economies differently. E. Napp

  15. Questions for Reflection: • Define an economic system. • What are the three key economic questions? • Describe life in a traditional economy. • Describe life in a free market economy. • How does a centrally planned economy differ from a free market economy? • Why do modern nations prefer mixed economies? E. Napp

  16. Vocab Quiz • Economics • Scarcity • Factors of production • Physical capital • Human capital • Entrepreneurs • Shortage • Trade offs • Guns or butter • Opportunity costs • Thinking at the margin • Production possibilities graph • Efficiency • Underutilization • Production possibilities frontier E. Napp

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