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Forms of Government & Economic Systems Monarchy • Single ruler w/ power • Autocrat OR Ceremonial Figurehead • Hereditary rule w/ clear line of succession. • Old school—40+ naGons • Efficient form of government • Quality of leaders? Monarchies in Red King Salman of Saudi Arabia Dictatorship Adolf Hitler • Single ruler w/ supreme power. • Retains centralized power through force (military/police) • Propaganda • Efficient • LegiGmacy? Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea Darker NaGons are More Authoritarian (Mostly Dictatorships) Theocracy • Clergy = Civil Ruler • Official Policy = Divine Law • PoliGcal/social unity. • Minority rights? • Iran Shia Cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran TheocraGc Republics: Red = theocraGc republics Orange = parGally theocraGc Blue = state religion Green = republics with special recogniGon of a parGcular religion Single Party State • Only one poli>cal party allowed under cons>tu>on. • No poli>cal gridlock • Representa>ve of the people? Direct Democracy • CiGzens make decisions directly • Equal say • Time consuming. • New England town meeGng. • Referendum • IniGaGve • Recall TradiGonal Economies • TradiGons and customs shape goods and products created • Rural and developing naGons • Subsistence Farming • Bartering/Trading • Economic Equality and autonomy • Low standard of living (Free) Market Economies • Government = liZle or no involvement in economy. • Prices determined supply and demand. • CompeGGon = Higher quality goods/services. • Instability • Unequal distribuGon of wealth Command Economies: • Economy Directed by the Government • All means of producGon are state owned and controlled • Govt. Makes All Economic Choices of what to produce, how to produce, and how to distribute • Address the inequaliGes of capitalism. • Ensure employment. • IncenGve? Mixed Economies • Most common • Market forces mixed with government regulaGon/investment.