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FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
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What is the difference between open opportunity and legal equality?
•Open opportunity allows people to participate in the
market by free choice• Legal equality-everyone has
the same economic rights
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What besides profit, if anything, might motivate a person to start a business?
•Non profits fulfill a social need and some people
create enterprises for that as well
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What fads like the pet rock have you seen come and go?
• Pokemon• Tickle Me Elmo
• Cabbage Patch Kids• Virtual Pets• Beanie Babies• Silly Bands
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List and explain the legal rights built into the free enterprise system.
• Open opportunity: everyone has the ability to enter the market• Free contract: everyone has the right
to decide which contracts they enter into• Legal equality: everyone has the
same economic rights
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Explain the chain and effect reactions since the mid-1990s that led to the lower book
prices for American consumers.
Small book stores
1995 Borders and
Barnes & Noble
compete
Pass along major
savings
AmazonLower prices;
access to everything
More websites
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FEATURES OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM:
1.) Owning private property is a basic freedom in the free enterprise system.
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2.) People and businesses are free to enter into a voluntary exchange agreement.
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3.) People are free to “vote with their dollars”.
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4.) People are free to start a business and or choose their career.
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5.) People are free to focus first on their own self-interest.
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6.) Little government interference.
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GOALS OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM:
1.) Maintain economic freedom!
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2.) Make the best use of scarce resources.
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3.) The government tries to ensure that every citizen shares in the benefits.
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4.) Economic stability – employment and stable prices.
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5.) Economic security (insurance)
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6.) Economic growth
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MILTON FRIEDMAN
MAJOR WORKS:CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM
FREE TO CHOOSEBRIGHT PROMISES, DISMAL
PERFORMANCES: AN ECONOMISTS PROTEST
www.sodahead.com
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MILTON FRIEDMAN
HIS BELIEFS ON GOV’T. ROLE:MARKET SHOULD BE FREE TO
OPERATE IN ALL FIELDS & PROFESSIONS (LAW,
MEDICINE), CUTTING BACK ON REGULATIONS
www.another-green-world.blogspot.com
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MILTON FRIEDMAN
BELIEFS ON LICENSING:LOWERING THE LICENSING
STANDARDS WILL BRING MORE OF THESE PROFESSIONS
INTO THE MARKET
www.distributedrepublic.net
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MILTON FRIEDMAN
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO
NIXON & REAGAN AND TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
MARGARET THATCHER
www.kitmantv.blogspot.com
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