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Union.</div></div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.</div></section><section data-src=hc_dict><h2>command economy</h2><div><i> n </i><div class=ds-list>(Economics) an economy in which business activities and the allocation of resources are determined by government order rather than market forces. Also called: <b> centralized economy </b><i> or </i><b> planned economy </b></div></div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014</div></section><section data-src=rHouse><h2>command′ econ`omy</h2><br><i> n. </i><div class=ds-single>an economic system that relies primarily on a central authority, as in China and Cuba.</div><div class=etyseg>[1980–85]</div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.</div></section><section data-src=shUnfW><h2>command economy</h2><div class=ds-single>An economic system in which resources are allocated by central government rather than by market forces.</div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited</div></section></div><div id=Translations><div id=TranslationsHead><span id=TranslationsTitle> Translations </span></div><div data-lang=rude id=translbody><section class=simpleTrans><div lang=ru><a class=trans href=//ru.thefreedictionary.com/%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8f+%d1%8d%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0> командная экономика </a></div></section><section data-src=hc_En_De lang=de><div lang=En><h2>command economy</h2><div class=ds-list><i> n </i> → <span lang=de> Kommandowirtschaft </span><i> f </i></div></div><div class=cprh><span class="i A cpr"> </span> Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. 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</a></div><div class="list-holder height240"><div class=lit>Like the Soviet <span class=highlight> command economy </span> model, the Cypriot government not only has a bloated public sector unlike any other but also monopolistic utility companies such as EAC and CyTA under its belt. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+running+of+companies+should+be+left+to+the+private+citizen-a0597138368> The running of companies should be left to the private citizen </a></div></div><div class=lit>He continued: "What we have from McDonnell is a wish to create a <span class=highlight> command economy </span> , which he has miraculously written the perfect playbook for. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LABOUR%27S+CLIMATE+STRATEGY+STUNS+CITY-a0590637441> LABOUR'S CLIMATE STRATEGY STUNS CITY </a></div></div><div class=lit>(https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-china-rekindle-trade-talks-ahead-of-trump-xi-g20-meeting-idUSKCN1TJ1R7) White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Tuesday said Trump will again demand structural changes to China's <span class=highlight> command economy </span> , which are the same demands China has kept rejecting over the past months. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Trump-Xi+Deal+%27Extremely+Improbable%2C%27+Says+Blackstone+CEO-a0589762475> Trump-Xi Deal 'Extremely Improbable,' Says Blackstone CEO </a></div></div><div class=lit>In that time Kenya in particular has moved from a <span class=highlight> command economy </span> to a market where brands influence consumer decisions. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Authentic+brands-a0583497974> Authentic brands </a></div></div><div class=lit>It was rooted on the mistaken <span class=highlight> command economy </span> theory of decreeing to the market and the lenders at what rate they should lend.FINANCIAL RISKSThis may sound a laudable theory but it just does not work in practice. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rate+cap+ruling+welcome+boost+for+economic+prospects+for+2019-a0579227214> Rate cap ruling welcome boost for economic prospects for 2019 </a></div></div><div class=lit>Since its independence in September 1991, the government has largely maintained its Soviet-style <span class=highlight> command economy </span> with subsidies and tight controls on production, prices, and access to foreign currency. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AzerNews+-+News+from+Azerbaijan%2C+Business%2C+Energy%2C+Analysis-a0563042616> AzerNews - News from Azerbaijan, Business, Energy, Analysis </a></div></div><div class=lit>Beating world-class criminals will be just as daunting as reinventing the New World's oldest <span class=highlight> command economy </span> . 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