Afirmóse que na actualidá la mayoría -si non toes- les economíes del mundu, incluyendo la de les naciones post-comunistes, son economíes mistes. Por casu, tantu la d'EEXX como la Cuba fueron descrites como economíes mistes<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080612002703/http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/chap2.htm L'artículu oficial del gobiernu d'EEXX “How the U.S. Economy Works] diz "The United States is said to have a mixed economy because privately owned businesses and government both play important roles. Indeed, some of the most enduring alderiques of American economic history focus on the relative roles of the public and private sectors. The American free enterprise system emphasizes private ownership. Private businesses produz most goods and services, and almost two-thirds of the nation's total economic output goes to individuals for personal use (the remaining one-third is bought by government and business). The consumer role is so great, in fact, that the nation is sometimes characterized as having a 'consumer economy."</ref> y que “China, tamién, aprove una ilustración llamativa de la transición a la economía mista.".