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command economy

a ‘planned economy’, such as those prevailing in Eastern Europe until 1989-90, in which the economy is directed by the central state, and in which the market allocation of goods and services plays only a marginal role.
Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000
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The planned economy dictates the market and plans out how to produce and even who consumes the goods.
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His Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, welcomed the announcement but said detente would not lead Cuba to change its single-party political system or centrally planned economy.
Years of fewer births mean the number of working-age people in Cuba is expected to shrink starting next year, terrible news for an island attempting to jumpstart its stagnant centrally planned economy.
He said that as following the partition of India in 1947, Pakistan put in place a heavily planned economy. A large set of legislation was created for a fully government-directed economy.
It transformed from a central, planned economy to a market economy with quick economic and social development.
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