From "The Market Economy - Preliminary Course 2000, Year 11 Economics"
Question: What are the two basic types of markets that exist in the market economy.
Although this seems reasonable, we're not meant to have learnt about it until the next chapter, so I'm confused now. Everything was going fine until I got to chapter 3. I can't find the answers to the questions in the book, and I haven't learnt it in class either...
In addition to this, the book uses different words for certain terms. It's really annoying...
Monopoly/oligopoly/monopolistic competition/perfect competition are forms of market structures, not markets.
I agree it's annoying how there are so many different synonymous terms flying around, leaving questions open to interpretation.
Because the question specifies TWO basic types, my guess is it's looking for -
i) Free market (aka laissez faire) where price and quantity are determined by market forces (i.e. demand & supply).
ii) Regulated market where the government controls price or quantity or both