Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems.It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which developed during the Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages in Europe and lasted in some countries until the mid-19th century.

Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly; February 1818 – May 1907) was a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.. Born as an enslaved person, she was owned by her father, Armistead Burwell, and later his daughter who was her half-sister, …

『隷属への道』（The Road to Serfdom）とは1944年にオーストリア学派の経済学者・哲学者、フリードリヒ・ハイエクによって著された政治学書である。 中央計画経済が必然的な結果としてもたらされる国民生活全体の隷属について警告する内容であり 、同時に個人主義や古典的自由主 …

A command economy is where the big decisions are made and owned at the centre by the government. A planned economy is where the big decisions are made at the centre by the government.. In an economic system the main decisions are, for example, allocating resources like labour, capital and oil. Prices, too, are controlled.In a command economy, these decisions …