Think of a business firm you recently visited (such as WalmartHome Depot Red Lobster Barnes & Noble McDonalds etc.).What motivated the producers of all the individual products in thestore to make them and offer them for sale? How did the producersdecide on the best combinations of resources to use? Who made thoseresources available and why? How does the market determine whowill get the goods and services? Who decides whether theseparticular products should continue to be produced and offered forsale? How do these decisions differ between capitalist andsocialist systems?
