TY - JOUR AB - Discusses the concept of a well‐functioning economy and attempts to define its principal properties. Examines some aspects of rules of decision making that are essential for the generation of optimal decisions. Brings together the selected properties of a well‐functioning economy and the characteristics of decision making, in order to shed light on how a well‐designed decision‐making system can produce an economy that functions and performs well. Comments on the failure of central planning in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. VL - 23 IS - 4/5/6 SN - 0306-8293 DO - 10.1108/03068299610121804 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299610121804 AU - Haddad Louis PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - The characteristics of decision making in a well‐functioning economy T2 - International Journal of Social Economics PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 207 EP - 220 Y2 - 2024/05/05 ER -