Twelfth graders compare the world’s economic systems — market, command, mixed, and traditional — examining who answers the three basic economic questions (what, how, and for whom to produce) in each.
Students will be able to…
Every society must decide what to produce, how, and for whom. Who makes those choices — the government, the free market, or tradition? The answer defines a nation’s economic system.
Project this and match each economic system to its description — tap a system, then tap what it means.
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Who decides what a country produces — the government, the market, or tradition?
Students investigate.
Students analyze.
Students communicate.
Students conclude.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards (Economics).
Analyze how incentives influence economic decision-making.
Evaluate the roles of institutions in a market economy.
Use marginal benefits and costs to analyze choices.
Use disciplinary reasoning to take informed action.
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Have students research their own country’s economy and argue, with evidence, where it falls on the spectrum from pure market to pure command. A printable economic-systems sheet is in the Social Studies library.
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