On the Move II. [antikvár]

THE FUNCTION OF TRANSPORT UNIT 1 The Function of Transport The text is taken from Transport Made Simple, an English coursebook on transport and distribution. I f Economics 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&s the pattern 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 ?