They also cannot be arbitrarily sold by users as an individual in a pure market economy, for instance, can, when he wishes to sell his good another. Further, in a pure market economy all goods and services are produced by business and forces of supply and demand inevitably and conclusively determine prices. In a mixed economy, on the other hand, government purchases land or housing (for instance), requiring others to pay for these purchases, and then uses these purchases to produce further goods which it makes accessible to the public. Prices, rather than being implemented by forces of supply and demand, are charged by government to businesses and households often at rates below market price.

There is also a differnce between the categories of services offered by a mixed market enterprise and that of pure market where the mixed market sectors offer both transfer payments where government...

medical insurance to qualify for Medicaid) and only a much smaller amount is used for consumption expenditures (such as national defense).
Finally, taxes are, of course, also a distinguishing factor with fairness of taxation balanced with consideration of the effect of taxation on incentives to produce and consume. Individuals are also more willing to submit to government than they are to the private market, being able to make their choice upon the latter or reject its services if wished, whilst, on the other hand, a type of 'social compact' exists between private individuals and government. Taxes have its advantages and disadvantages to market decisions and activities, and a pure market economy may justifiably see them as impairing market efficiency.