ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. A traditional economy is a system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored believes. Tradition guides economic decisions such as production and distribution. Societies with traditional economies depend on agriculture, fishing, hunting, gathering, or some combination of them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of traditional economies include the central African Mbuti, the Australian Aborigines, and the Inuit of Northern Canada. The main advantage of a traditional economy is that the answers to WHAT, HOW, and FOR WHOM to produce are determined by customs and tradition.

Detailed explanation-3: -A traditional economy is a system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs. Tradition guides economic decisions such as production and distribution. Traditional economies depend on agriculture, fishing, hunting, gathering, or some combination of the above. They use barter instead of money.

Detailed explanation-4: -Traditional economies have several characteristics that are unique compared to modern economies. They are geographically and locally based, they have a bartering system, they have little to no surplus or goods, and they don’t waste any parts of goods they produce.