2.11 Mixed economic system
This section of the Cambridge IGCSE Economics (0455) syllabus covers the following topics:
Section | Topics | Guidance |
2.11.1 | Definition of the mixed economic system | - |
2.11.2 | Government intervention to address market failure | Definitions, drawing and interpretation of appropriate diagrams showing the effects of three government microeconomic policy measures: maximum and minimum prices in product, labour, and foreign exchange markets; indirect taxation; and subsidies. The implications of other government microeconomic policy measures: regulation; privatisation and nationalisation; and direct provision of goods. The effectiveness of government intervention in overcoming the drawbacks of a market economic system. |
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