"Under Central Planning, Some Group Has to Decide How to Get

question 25

Multiple Choice

"Under central planning, some group has to decide how to get the necessary inputs produced in the right amounts and delivered to the right places at the right time. This is a nearly impossible task without
Markets and profits." This quotation best identifies the

• A) incentive problem under central planning.
• B) coordination problem under central planning.
• C) self-sufficiency dilemma under communism.
• D) resource overcommitment problem under communism.

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