free market
system of free economic activity characterized by non-intervention by the government and the determination of prices according to the law of supply and demand
Free market
A free market is a
market where prices of goods and services are arranged completely by the mutual non-coerced consent of sellers and buyers, determined generally by the
supply and demand law with no government interference in the regulation of costs, supply and demand. The opposite of a free market is a
controlled market, where government sets or regulates prices directly or through regulating supply and/or demand. Although a free market necessitates that government does not regulate supply, demand, and prices, it also requires the traders themselves do not coerce or mislead each other, so that all trades are morally voluntary. This is not to be confused with a
perfect market where individuals have
perfect information and there is
perfect competition. The notion of a free market is closely associated with
laissez-faire economic philosophy, which advocates approximating this condition in the real world by mostly confining government intervention in economic matters to regulating against force and fraud among market participants. Hence, with government force limited to a defensive role, government itself does not initiate force in the marketplace beyond levying taxes in order to fund the maintenance of the free marketplace. Some free market advocates oppose taxation as well, claiming that the market is better at providing all valuable services including
defense and
law, or that such services can be provided without direct taxation.
Anarcho-capitalists, for example, would substitute
arbitration agencies and
private defense agencies.
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Free Market
a market place which has minimum direct involvement of government in market decisions.
Free market
A market place where individuals can act in their own best interest, free from outside forces (freedom means freedom from government) restricting their choices, or regulating or subsidizing product prices. Free market also refers to the political system where the means of production are owned by free, non-regulated individuals.
Free market
A system in which the market forces of supply and demand determine prices and allocate available supplies, without government intervention. The concept of a free-market approach in agricultural policy, in its purest form, is no government price and income support programs, supply management programs, export subsidies, or barriers to international trade.