Free market  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected
from Free Market) Jump to: navigation, search  A free market is
a market economy in which the forces of supply and demand are
not controlled by a government or other authority. A free market
contrasts with a controlled market or regulated market, in which
government intervenes in supply and demand through non-market
methods such as laws controlling who is allowed to enter the
market, mandating what type of product or service is supplied,
or directly setting prices. Although free markets are commonly
associated with capitalism in contemporary usage and popular
culture, free markets have been also advocated by market
socialists, cooperative members and advocates of profit
sharing.[1]  Economic systems[edit]  Laissez-faire
economics[edit]  The laissez-faire principle expresses a
preference for an absence of non-market pressures on prices and
wages, such as those from government taxes, subsidies, tariffs,
regulation (other than protection from coerc