A mixed economy is a combination which is a combination of different markets and economic schemes, which direct the private sector and state economy; Or an economy that is a mixture of public ownership and private ownership; Or in which the mix of economic intervention is accompanied by free markets. Most mixed economies are market economies, which are based on strong regulatory inspection and governmental provisions of public goods. Generally, the combination of private ownership of the means of production of mixed economy is the dominant power of economic activities, the domination of markets for economic coordination, the accumulation of profits and the accumulation of capital. But unlike a free market economy, the government is playing a role in the intervention of promoting social welfare, along with fiscal and monetary policies designed to respond to the tendency of capitalism towards economic compulsions and financial crisis and unemployment. There is also indirect macroeconomic impact on the economy through the medium.
Many economists have questioned the validity of the concept of mixed economy when it is called a mixture of socialism and capitalism. In his famous Human Action, Ludwig von Mises had argued that socialism and capitalism could never be mixed - either market logic or economic plan should dominate an economy. Mrs expanded that a capitalist market economy is closely related to many state run or nationalized enterprises, even if that exposition can not make an economy "mixed", elaborated on this matter. The existence of such organizations can not be changed to the fundamental characteristics of the market economy. Many economists have questioned the validity of the composite economy concept when it is called a mixture of socialism and capitalism. In his famous Human Action, Ludwig von Mises had argued that socialism and capitalism could never be mixed - either market logic or economic plan should dominate an economy. Mrs expanded that a capitalist market economy is closely related to many state run or nationalized enterprises, even if that exposition can not make an economy "mixed", elaborated on this matter. The existence of such organizations can not be changed to the fundamental characteristics of the market economy. These public enterprises will still be subject to proprietary sovereignty in the market (attempt to minimize the cost), through attempts to maximize profit for obtaining capital goods through market, and monetary accounting for economic calculation Have used. Marxist theorists also dispute the feasibility of a mixed economy as a "middle path" between socialism and capitalism. In this perspective, whether enterprise ownership, either runs the economy from the capitalist system of accumulation of value and capital, or non-monetary forms of consonance planning and evaluation, ultimately the non-monetary forms of the consular planning and evaluation of the economy eventually lead to the economy. is. Therefore, they work on the basis of capital accumulation, because of the "mixed economies" prevailing in the western world, after the Great Depression, are still functional capitalist.