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In a Planned Economy, the government decides what is produced, by whom and for whom  

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a r e p o r t o n PLANNED ECONOMY Done By: Fares Nimri, Moh'd Quadi and Inam Mufleh In a Planned Economy, the government decides what is produced, by whom and for whom. The government can also decide in what quantities are these items to be produced. This leads the government to controlling the use of resources in addition to the control of what labor produces and where to produce it, after producing these goods the government plans what to do with these goods. Market forces, which are supply and demand, do not decide who receives goods and services, Most Communist countries (e.g. China, Cuba, USSR before 1989 and other communist countries) are all examples of centrally planned economies. Planned Economies can also be called 'command economies. In a Centrally Planned Economy or a Command Economy Consumers usually have little choice; this is because there is sometimes no private property which means that...

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