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free market
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free market
n.
An economic market in which supply and demand are not regulated or are regulated with only minor restrictions.
free market
n
(Economics)
a.  an economic system that allows supply and demand to regulate prices, wages, etc., rather than government policy
b.  (as modifier) a free-market economy
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The international community has blamed the global economic and financial crisis in part on hedge funds and other unregulated market players for contributing to excessive risk taking that brought the financial system to near-collapse a year ago.
London, Washington seek common approach to financial rules by AFP / AFP European Edition
The plan mirrors the Enron idea of an unregulated market for electricity, an idea that precipitated the West Coast energy crisis in the early part of this decade.
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We have a choice in the European elections between those parties who want the common market to be left to unregulated market forces (notably the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats) and those who believe that a common market needs common rules to protect consumers, to protect the weak and vulnerable and to set high environmental standards (Labour and the Greens).
Different Euro views; Mailbag by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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