What is an economic shutdown?
When a company decides to shut down, it signifies that production will be temporarily halted.
2 min readJun 19, 2022
It does not necessarily imply that the company is going out of business (exiting the industry). The firm can continue production if market conditions improve, such as prices rising or production costs being lower. Shutting down is a decision made in the short term.
The benefit of a command economy
The business’s marginal profit approaches a negative scale, and the business shuts down. There is no economic benefit to continuing production at this stage. The cost of operations may outweigh the revenue if there is an additional loss — either a rise in variable costs or a decline in revenue.
