Mixed economy

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Updated: Aug 20, 2021

A convenient term used to describe national economies which contain both publicly owned enterprises (e.g. in the U.K., the coal industry, the steel industry. Post Office, etc.) and businesses run as private enterprises. Most national economies, even those predominantly socialist or communist, contain a certain degree of mixing.

Reference: The Penguin Business Dictionary, 3rd edt.


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