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Decision-Making in Centrally Planned Economies
In centrally planned economies, such as the former Soviet Union and those in central and eastern Europe before the 1990s, messages concerning what needs to be produced are not conveyed through market prices. Instead, they are issued as deliberate directives by government experts.
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