mixed economy

noun

: an economy in which some companies are owned by the government and other companies are not

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This is particularly impressive given that the retail environment has softened in recent months amid a mixed economy. Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 For one, consumers have been scaling back on discretionary spending due to a mixed economy and this has impacted Etsy, which primarily sells unique and higher-priced products. Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 The challenge today is to identify the contours of a mixed economy that can successfully deliver what the golden age did, this time with greater gender and racial equality to boot. Robin Varghese, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018 In power, especially after the global financial crisis, conservatives have accommodated themselves to the mixed economy, as liberals have to the market. Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016 The mixed economy remains a spectacular achievement. Jacob S. Hacker, Foreign Affairs, 21 Mar. 2016

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