As noted in the text, the overwhelming majority of the world's countries have an economic system that is somewhere between the extremes of "laissez faire capitalism" and a "command economy." However, within this majority of countries, there remains a variety of degrees of government intervention in the economy. Utilizing the CIA World Factbook as well as any additional resources that you may seek out, compare and contrast the economic organization of two countries (select two that you suspect to have quite different economies) that may be considered "market" or "mixed" economies. In your estimation, what is the most striking difference concerning the role of the government in the economy of the respective countries?

In your response, be sure to include in-text citations and brief informal bibliographic entries for each source utilized.