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brought to you by a struggling economy Originally sold in

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stores as the bouncy ball that never bounces back Which

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term describes iran's economy and hear your potential answers not

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socialist Okay well let's get low down on how iran

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shakes their money maker iran's economy is in a transitioning

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state originally a planned economy iran is changing to a

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market economy well it doesn't mean the economy is changing

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from making calculated decisions to just wait it's safe to

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assume that wouldn't go to well ah planned economy is

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what you get when the government is in charge of

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the economic system In a market economy the government has

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minimal control over the production and distribution of goods and

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services In the nineteen eighties socialism heavily influenced the iranian

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government as it underwent a revolution which went hand in

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hand with a nationalized economy But recently that style of

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government is as fashionable as rocking a mullet I can't

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think of mullets like junior high school you wouldn't want

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to go back teo either of them so iran's supreme

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leader has been pushing for a more capitalist system Iran

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wants an economic and political system where private businesses make

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the moolah spider ran moving in a capitalist direction just

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because someone says they're doing something doesn't mean it's actually

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being done special shout out to all you procrastinators out

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there And congress iran's economy is transitioning its gdp is

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still roughly split down the middle meaning the government accounts

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for half the state's economic activity and private sectors The

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rest Iran is a fairly industrialized date that has a

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variety of consumer products and exports including cars yet and

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those cars eight ferraris by any stretch of the imagination

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But well they do drive and that's a step in

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the right direction Iran's economy performs at a high level

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making it one of the wealthier countries in the middle

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east and in the world While looking over our answer

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choices we just went over how iran is an industrialized

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state that rials in the cash So danny don't make

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sense Iran's revolution the eighties came with socialist influence but

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it's continually been phased out And even though iran is

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moving toward a market economy it's not fully there yet

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so it's kind of right and b is partly correct

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but see is totally on the money Iran's economy is 00:02:20.52 --> [endTime] a mixed breed which isn't always a successful

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