Which of the following reasons does NOT help to explain why mixed economies are the most common type of economy in today’s world? Government interventions can help provide macroeconomic stability during recessions or during periods of economic decline.

A pure free market economy has the potential to increase inequality, destroy the environment, and fail to produce necessary goods.

Many command economies find value in the encouragement of competition by allowing some form of capitalism in their system.

Mixed economies encourage monopolies, which help the economy grow.