Economics Chapter 26: Comparing Economic Systems: Part II

Matching Exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.

system in which individuals own the factors of production and make economic decisions through free interaction; capitalism
Gross Domestic Product per person
major economic decisions are made by the central government
the belief that the means of production should be owned and controlled by society, either directly or through the government
economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions
combines all basic elements of a pure market economy and a command economy
countries whose average per capita income is only a fraction of that in more industrialized countries
economic decions of what, how, and for whom to produce are based on custom or habit