System

What to produce

  • What is needed by a family, group, community
  • Produce what you consume

How to produce

  • Past methods of production, passed through generation to generation

For whom to produce

  • Used by immediate family, surpluses are traded

Specialties

  • Inheritance based. Very familial, If you are a farmer, your son inherits your farm. If you are a doctor, your daughter is a doctor, etc.

Pros/Cons

Advantages

  • Predictable and there are set methods

Disadvantages

  • Lack of progress
  • Lack of female role (see Patriarchy)