What Is A Modified Market Economy? What Factors Have Been Responsible For The Em

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Term Paper Title	What Is A Modified Market Economy? What Factors Have Been Responsible For The Em
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What is a modified market economy?  What factors have been responsible for the emergence of this kind of economic system?  How do governments influence economic decision making in such systems?  Use Australian examples to illustrate your answer.

A modified market economy is a market economy in which there are varying amounts of intervention and property ownership by the government. The Australian economy would be classed as a modified market,  as we have a certain degree of government intervention,  and this is something we should feel lucky for in our country,  because due to this we are able to experience the free,  fair lifestyle which we enjoy.

The emergence of this kind of economy is mainly due to weaknesses in the market economy which,  with out regulation,  becomes an economy mainly concentrated on the wealthy people.  The basic reason for the modified market economy is that the free market does not produce an efficient allocation of resources,  and that the free market does not distribute output in a socially desirable way. For example in a modified market, the government regulate the flow a income a bit so that not only the rich make money.  In a market economy the rich get richer and the poor get poorer as there is no regulation in terms of income distribution.  The intervention by the government,  in forms such as social security nets,  which is present in a modified market, makes society more evenly spread rather than everyone being one of two things,  that is,  very rich, or very poor.

In such economies as these,  the government  influence economic decis...

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