Question

Javier left his home country to become a gardener for a family in a suburb of San Francisco, California. One of the benefits of his new job is he can attend the community college near the family's home. However, when he arrived, he experienced the differences from a predominantly socialist nation and a capitalist nation. Javier was dismayed to learn that public transportation in California was limited and expensive, making it difficult to get to school. For a negligible fee, the government in his home country provided public transportation for everyone. Javier's home country's economic system was more characteristic of ___________.

Answer 1

Answer: socialist economic system

Explanation: In simple words, a socialist system refers to the system in which the forces of demand and supply are heavily controlled by the government. In such economies, the goods and services are produced with an objective of social welfare and not generation of profit like in capital economy.

In the given case, the home country of Javier provided the service of public transportation at lower prices unlike in California.

Hence from the above we can conclude that the correct answer is socialist economic system.