Hink about the evidence presented in the video for why market economies prevailed over Soviet-style communist economies. Match the evidence from the video with the economic statement it supports. answers;
-The Soviet Union’s economy was based
on centralized planning.
-There was an abundance of flannel pants
and a lack of jeans.
-The emphasis was on military production,
not fashionable clothes.
-The Communist Party “knew what everyone
needed" (or thought it did).
-Jeans were being sold in the West and
not in the Soviet Union.
boxes;
-The government, not the market, deciding
what gets produced leads to producing
many items consumers don’t want.
-Command economies have a lack of
incentives to produce what would sell.
-the government answers economic
questions in a command economy.
-Resources can be misused when the
market doesn’t decide how resources
are used.
-Market systems respond to signals from
consumers.