Free Market Economies In George Orwell's Animal Farm

3) In a command economy the government sets the production, distribution and prices. Command economies are typically part of communist societies or also run by dictators which can be seen in Cuba, former Soviet Union, and North Korea (Investopedia.com). Although in an attempt to distribute products equally, due to the inability for Command economies to predict market wants shortages happen often. In comparison to a Free Market society the production and distribution is controlled by the consumers so producers are more educated on the wants and needs of the market. Because the Free Market economy is influenced by demand of a product there is rarely shortages (Investopedia.com). In Animal Farm, it is prevalent that their economy transforms into

“Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half (Orwell, 6). Despite the Sunday work being voluntary, it is not truly voluntary because the animals suffer from a lack of food and therefore every animal works Sunday due to no other option. Finally similar to what often happens in Command economies Animal Farm suffers through food shortages because they would have to produce so much of one thing for trade and then not enough for themselves to eat. “Hitherto the animals had had little or no contact with Whymper on his weekly visits: now, however, a few selected animals, mostly sheep, were instructed to remark casually in his hearing that rations had been increased. In addition, Napoleon ordered the almost empty bins in the store-shed to be filled nearly to the brim with sand, which was then covered up with what remained of the grain and