Command Economies

Eva Katalin  Fodor; Christy  Glass

doi:10.4135/9781452276199.n37

Command Economies

Eva Katalin Fodor, Christy Glass

Department of Gender Studies

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In market economies, decisions about production, pricing, distribution, and investment are made by private owners of capital and are motivated by profit maximization. In command economies, by contrast, the state owns all productive assets and controls and directs the economy

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sociology of Work
Subtitle of host publication	An Encyclopedia
Editors	Vicki Smith
Publisher	SAGE Publishing
Pages	104-107
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452276199.n37
State	Published - Jun 2013

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Command Economies

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