Question

In East Germany, back before the Berlin wall fell, there was one manufacturer of cars (VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau). They produced one type of car, the Trabant, with a maximum speed of 55 mph (26 horsepower lawnmower type engine). Anyone who wished to buy a car put their name on a list and waited for two or three years to be able to purchase a ‘Trabbi’. Whatever was available when their name came up was what they got--no choice of color, style, or engine size. East Germans were living with what type of economy?

Answer 1

Answer:

Command

Explanation:

Based on the information given the East Germans were living with COMMAND economy.

COMMAND ECONOMY occur in a situation where people are be authoritated, instructed or directed to do something without giving them the right to Decide and acquired what they want , desire or wish to have.

A country economy can be tend to be classified as a COMMAND ECONOMY when the government of such country are in total controlled of the economy of the country just as in the case of East Germany.

Therefore East Germans were living with what COMMAND economy.