What factors caused american business to develop into a mixed economic system rather than some other type of economic system?

The Great Depression

Explanation:

The shrinking size of the globe, the intervention of foreign competition, the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, and the ever-increasing age of our population (among other factors) have contributed to our mixed economic system.

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