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command economy

command economy noun: a planned economy in which the government (or some other central authority) is solely responsible for resource allocation, distribution and the setting of prices, with little to no market influence.

Noun

command economy (plural command economies)

  1. A planned economy in which the government (or some other central authority) is solely responsible for resource allocation, distribution and the setting of prices, with little to no market influence.
    • Some scholars continue to blame the USSR's command economy for its 1991 collapse.
    • Following some National Socialist economists, we may distinguish three types of economies existing within Germany: a competitive economy, a monopolistic economy, and a command economy […]1942, Franz Neumann, Behemoth: The Structure and Practice of National Socialism, New York: Harper and Row, page 291
    Synonyms:
    centrally planned economy, directive planned economy
  2. (broadly) A planned economy.

command economy meaning in Tamil

command economy in Tamil

கட்டளைப் பொருளாதாரம்

Examples of command economy in a sentence

  • Khrushchev is turning the top-heavy administrative machinery of a gigantic command economy upside down.1957 September, Richard Löwenthal, “Party Vs. State”, in Problems of Communism, volume 6, number 5, page 1:
  • Until now, the highly centralised command economy has worked better in East Germany than in other Comecon countries, especially the Soviet Union.1984 January 31, Leslie Colitt, “How a wage tax is really a price subsidy – Leslie Colitt in Berlin reports on an important change in the...

Synonyms of command economy

Forms of command economy

pluralcommand economies

Origin of command economy

Calque of German Befehlswirtschaft (“command economy”).

Questions about command economy

What does command economy mean?
Command economy means a planned economy in which the government (or some other central authority) is solely responsible for resource allocation, distribution and the setting of prices, with little to no market influence.
What is command economy in Tamil?
Command economy in Tamil is கட்டளைப் பொருளாதாரம். See Command economy meaning in Tamil.
How do you use command economy in a sentence?
Khrushchev is turning the top-heavy administrative machinery of a gigantic command economy upside down.
What part of speech is command economy?
Command economy is a noun.
What is the plural of command economy?
The plural of command economy is command economies.

Words near command economy in the dictionary

  1. command
  2. command and control
  3. command and service module
  4. command and service modules
  5. command economies
  6. command economy
  7. command hierarchies
  8. command hierarchy
  9. Command key
  10. Command keys
  11. command language

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