Index:World economics

This index page contains an overview of world economic matters, including types of economies, their strengths, and industries.

Economic systems

There are a diversity of economic systems in the world, ranging from traditional economies to market and planned economies with mixed economies in between. In many instances, the economic system is tied directly to government policy and may vary over time with protracted control by a particular ideological bloc. The map below shows an overview of the various economic systems.

Traditional economy (broadly defined)

Barter economy
Subsistence economy
Other currency-less economy

Religious economy
Other or undefined)

Planned economy (broadly defined)

Decentralized planned economy
Corporatist planned economy
Distributist planned economy
Participatory planned economy
Command planned economy

Market economy (broadly defined)

Laissez-faire or free-market economy
Corporate capitalist market economy
Mercantilism
Socialist market economy
Market feudal economy

Mixed economy (broadly defined)

Mixed-market economy
Social market economy
Welfare capitalist economy
State-driven investment economy
Dirigist economy
Mixed feudal economy

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Economic strength

HDI

Multiple factors exist for measuring the strength of economies and general or public wealth. HDI measures a combination of economic and social-service components to approximate quality of life. The factors included are life expectancy, education, and per capita income. The map below highlights HDI as estimated for each sovereign territory.

Exceptionally high (HDI ≥ 0.901) • Very high (HDI ≥ 0.801) • High (HDI ≥ 0.701) • Medium (HDI ≥ 0.55) • Low (HDI < 0.55) • HDI undefined

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