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Q.What do you mean by Capitalism ?

Tamil Nadu DgeTamil Nadu HSC (DGE) Commerce Board 2024Subjective· 2mImportance★★★★★
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Capitalism is a free-market economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, run for private profit.

Capitalism (also called a free enterprise or market economy) is an economic system with the following main features:

  • Private ownership: the means of production — land, capital and enterprises — are owned and controlled by private individuals and firms.
  • Profit motive: economic activity is carried on for the sake of private profit.
  • Freedom of enterprise and choice: producers are free to produce what they wish and consumers are free to buy what they want.
  • Price mechanism: what, how and for whom to produce is decided by the forces of demand and supply, not by the government.
  • Minimal state interference: the government's role is limited mainly to maintaining law and order and protecting property. …

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