What is traditional economy?

Answer 1

people in traditional economies accept change easily

A traditional economy is a very underdeveloped economy that often depends on agriculture as its main base. Perhaps hearkening back to its agrarian roots, a traditional economy is also known as a subsistence economy.

In order to fully understand a traditional economy, it is necessary to first define the three main economic systems. Market economies are so called because prices are determined by market prices. In command economies, prices and supplies are determined by the government. In traditional economies, there may be no prices whatsoever.

A traditional economy is a system where traditions, customs and belief systems determine its operation. In that state, this type of economic system may go unchanged for quite some time. Once this economy does begin to change, it usually morphs into one of the other systems mentioned previously.

One of the unfortunate hallmarks of a traditional economy is its relation to poverty. Indeed, most of those inside of such a system find themselves mired in poverty their entire lives. This is significant. In his book titled Capitalism at the Crossroads, Stuart L. Hart notes that 4 billion people may be trapped in traditional economies.

While there may be no nation on Earth today that has a purely traditional economy, the sheer number of the world's population in such economic systems indicates there are wide swaths of the world population in "sub-economies," primarily in the Third World.

Though these economies may not be the official standard for the country, they do tend to keep any available wealth in the hands of a very few. In many cases, a traditional economy may have no official currency whatsoever. The economy works through bartering and trading, and there is very little of that because so little surplus is produced. In traditional economies, most produce only enough to keep their families alive. Any surplus in a traditional economy may go to a landowner or ruling authority.

The businesses make the decisions.

Answer 2

A traditional economy is an economy are people of different countries have their traditions in a mixed world