On the Move II. [antikvár]

THE FUNCTION OF TRANSPORTUNIT 1The Function of TransportThe text is taken from Transport Made Simple, an English coursebook on transport and distribution.IfEconomics has been defined as "the study of mankind in the everyday b^^^ess of life". The everyday business of man kind is condefnea withproduction of goods andjservices which sa^rf^^an's'^'^i^There a^e^^w sol;igignl to man's economic problems, and^conomli&sthepattern of solutions a^^ie^. In the modern world there are three chief types of economy. There are the free enterprise efconomies/ such as the economy of the United States of America; centralised economies, such as the economies of the socialist countries; and mixed economies, of which the British economy is perhaps the best example. These alternative solutions to the problems of mankind.in provid^iM qgods and services to satisfy wants aje aTilc'^n one least: that transport is an essen^fal element in each system. Only the most primitive economies can operate without transport. The village cobDl^'of a simple community, having made a pair of shoes for the elder of some family, walks with them to his customer's house and a simple cash transaction.THE FUNCTION OF TRBNiPOM ?