definition of the traditional market system
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A traditional economy is an original economic system in which traditions, customs, and beliefs shape the goods and the services the economy produces, as well as the rules and manner of their distribution.Countries that use this type of economic system are often rural and farm-based.Also known as a subsistence economy, a traditional economy is defined by bartering and trading. Little surplus is produced, and if any excess goods are made, they are typically given to a ruling authority or landowner.xamples of traditional economies include those of the Inuit or those of the tea plantations in South India. Traditional economies are popularly conceived of as primitive or undeveloped economic systems, having tools or techniques seen as outdated.