planned economy
Use Planned economy in a sentenceplanned economy
noun
an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
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planned economy definition
A type of economy in which some central authority makes a wide range of decisions pertaining to production and wages.
Note: The former Soviet Union and other communist nations are examples of planned economies.
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Example sentences
Mandel's argument would suggest that the best response to challenges would be the planned economy.
The country was a middle-income, developing country in transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy.
The one-party state and the planned economy hadn't worked.
And of course, in the past the old approach was to go for a planned economy.
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