{{stub}}A command economy is an system in which government, not the free market, guides and plans business activity.
{{stub}}A command economy is an system in which government, not the free market, guides and plans business activity.
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Examples include [[Communism]] and [[Fascism]]. [[Nations]] with [[Free Market]] economies sometimes institute command economies in time of [[War]], for example the [[United Kingdom]] in [[World War II]].
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Command economies can be less wasteful than the free market but also tend to stifle freedom and creativity.