market economy
noun
: an economy in which most goods and services are produced and distributed through free markets
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Francis thus did not have an optimistic view of the market economy.
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Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
As a bonus, the market economy and normal levels of consumption will be preserved.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
The rise of mass production and market economies bound happiness to economic growth.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Marxists end up ardent proponents of market economies, anti-colonialists mutate into eager interventionists, and nativists fall in love with cosmopolitanism.
—Ilan Stavans, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
As a bonus, the market economy and normal levels of consumption will be preserved.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
The rise of mass production and market economies bound happiness to economic growth.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Marxists end up ardent proponents of market economies, anti-colonialists mutate into eager interventionists, and nativists fall in love with cosmopolitanism.
—Ilan Stavans, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for market economy
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“Market economy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20economy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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