The Soviet Command Economy Was Notably Less Efficient at Allocating

question 74

True/False

The Soviet command economy was notably less efficient at allocating resources than the market economy.

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Definitions:

Pareto Efficient Allocation

An allocation of resources that cannot be modified to make anyone better off without making someone else worse off.

Utility Function

An economic model that represents a consumer's preference ranking for various bundles of goods by assigning a utility value to each bundle.

Pareto Optimal Allocation

A distribution of resources in an economy where improving the situation of one person necessitates detriment to another.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation of how a consumer ranks different bundles of goods based on their level of satisfaction or utility.