Consider the following characteristics of socialist economy:
1.In a socialist society the government decides what goods are to be produced in accordance with the needs of society.
2.A socialist nation does not provide complete free health care to the citizens who need it.
3.Strictly, a socialist society has no private property since everything is owned by the state
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Explanation:
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·A socialist society answers the three questions in a totally different manner. In a socialist society the government decides what goods are to be produced in accordance with the needs of society. It is assumed that the government knows what is good for the people of the country and so the desires of individual consumers are not given much importance. The government decides how goods are to be produced and how they should be distributed. In principle, distribution under socialism is supposed to be based on what people need and not on what they can afford to purchase. Unlike under capitalism, for example, a socialist nation provides free health care to the citizens who need it. Strictly, a socialist society has no private property since everything is owned by the state. With the collapse of the Soviet system in the last decades of the twentieth century, socialist economies in the former Soviet Union and the socialist states in Eastern Europe ceased to exist.