11.What is the economic system in the United States?
11.美国的经济体制是？
Answer: Capitalist economy; Market economy
答案：资本主义经济；市场经济
Explanation: If you want to start a business, maybe by opening a restaurant or a clothing store, the United States is a good place to do it.
解释：如果你想创业，比如开餐馆或服饰店，美国是个创业的好地方。
This is because the U.S. has a capitalist, or market, economy,
这是因为美国的资本主义经济或市场经济，
making it acceptable and fairly easy for private entities (or individuals and businesses that are not owned by the government) to buy, sell, and trade things for money without government interference (or involvement by the government).
商品买卖不受政府干预，这让私营业主的买卖行为变得更合理更便捷。
In the U.S., the government doesn't decide how much things should cost or how much of something should be produced (or made).
在美国，商品的价格和产量不是由政府决定，
Instead, prices and production are decided based on a system called supply and demand, which refers to how much of a thing exists and how many people want to have that thing.
而是由供求系统决定，它涉及产品的供应量和需求量。
How do we know how much supply and demand there is for a product?
我们是怎么知道某种产品的供求量？
There are two important factors.
有下面两大因素。
The first is profit (or money a business gets by selling something), and the second is self-interest,
第一个因素是利润，第二个因素是私利，
which is when a person makes decisions based on what is best for him or herself, without paying attention to what is best for other people.
也就是某人作出决定的时候是以最有益于他自己为基础，而不是以最有益于别人为基础。
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