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In a command economy, the government determines production levels and sets prices. This is said to be advantageous because it prevents unscrupulous investors from taking advantage of the people. It is also criticized - chiefly by free market advocates such as Milton Friedman - on the grounds that centralized planning has always been ineffective because it ignores the price signal.

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