Allocation of Goods and Services

People who can afford to pay the cost will receive the good or service

• first-come, first served

• price

• personal characteristics

The winners name is chosen. Their name or number might be pulled out of a hat.

• barter/trade

• sharing

• lottery

Goods and services are sold or provided until they run out. The first people to arrive are the people who get them.

• First-come, first-served

• Lottery

• Force

Goods and services are provided to people who meet certain qualifications such as having red hair or brown eye.

• Contest

• Personal Characteristics

• Sharing

A competition is held where the winner will get the goods or services.

• Majority Rule

• Price

• Contest

People vote and the group with the largest number of votes will win. Example: more people voted for Chick-fil-A than McDonald's

• Majority Rule

• Force

• Sharing

Goods and services are shared with others

• Force

• Sharing

• Majority Rule

The goods or services are taken by someone who has not earned them.

• Lottery

• Price

• Force