In general the mixed economy is characterized by the private ownership of the means of production, the dominance of markets for economic coordination, with profit-seeking enterprise and the accumulation of capital remaining the fundamental driving force behind economic activity.
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In a mixed economy, business enterprises are mostly privately owned, with some degree of government control. Goods are produced by private businesses under governmental oversight.
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What goods and services will be produced?How will the goods and services be produced?Who will get the goods and services?How will the system accomodate change?
mixed economy
This situation is described as having a mixed economy. The government is neither in complete control nor completely hands-off.
In the early 1900's many farmers were overproducing which meant they were flooding the economy with their goods. Farmers were then slowly decreasing the price of their goods so that the government had to intervene with groups such as The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which paid farmers not to farm. Agriculture was, back then, a major part of the economy.