ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following BEST describes a mixed economy?
A
An economy that overlaps with other economic structures.
B
An economy that follows traditional customs.
C
An economy that does not overlap with other economic structures.
D
An economy that does not exist.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A mixed economy is an economy organized with some free-market elements and some socialistic elements, which lies on a continuum somewhere between pure capitalism and pure socialism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Producers and consumers make some economic choices while the government makes others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mixed economy is one in which both public and private enterprises exist together, with some level of freedom to utilize capital for profit making.

Detailed explanation-4: -A combination of free market principles of private contracting and socialist principles of state ownership or planning is common to all mixed economies.

Detailed explanation-5: -#1 – Partial State Control – The ownership of factors of production. #2 – Total Government Control – The state directly influences the functioning of the entities. #3 – Public-Private Control – There is a joint venture.

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