Catalogue question 203 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What was East Germany's economic system called?
- market economy
- planned economy Correct
- supply and demand
- capitalism
Why — for every option
- A — A market economy is based on free competition — the opposite model to the East German economy.
- B — Correct: East Germany operated a centrally directed socialist planned economy, in which the state determined production and prices.
- C — "Supply and demand" describes market mechanisms, which precisely did not determine prices in East Germany's planned economy.
- D — Capitalism describes a market economic order with private ownership of the means of production — the opposite of East Germany's system.
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