Explain the differences between a market system, a command economy, and a mixed economy with respect to production and distribution decisions

What will be an ideal response?


In a market system, sellers primarily make production and distribution decisions, but they must satisfy the tastes of buyers. In a command economy, the government makes production and distribution decisions. In a mixed economy, buyers and sellers make some production and distribution decisions and the government makes others.

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