market economy
noun
: an economy in which most goods and services are produced and distributed through free markets
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The rise of mass production and market economies bound happiness to economic growth.
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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
All of this stuff is impeding the normal maturation of the market economy.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
This is not surprising considering that free speech has long been associated with the metaphor of free trade in ideas, closely tied to the value of a deregulated market economy.
—Michael Gregory, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2025
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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
All of this stuff is impeding the normal maturation of the market economy.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
This is not surprising considering that free speech has long been associated with the metaphor of free trade in ideas, closely tied to the value of a deregulated market economy.
—Michael Gregory, The Conversation, 17 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 27 May. 2025.
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