market economy
noun
: an economy in which most goods and services are produced and distributed through free markets
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The first dimension points to the market economy, and here retailers seem to be the driving force.
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Maria Balaska, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
For revenue, the government depends not on some cash-flow machine but entirely on taxpayers (and voters) who operate in a vast, open-market economy.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Even in the series’ opening hours, which rush to establish the country’s frenzied obsession with the new market economy and how Mr. Bao harnessed it through the tutelage of his wise Uncle Ye (You Benchang), there are searing reminders of what happens when similar bets don’t pay off.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2025
In a market economy, the way allocation of capital goods works, of course, is price signals.
—Katie Drummond, Wired News, 18 Nov. 2025
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Maria Balaska, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
For revenue, the government depends not on some cash-flow machine but entirely on taxpayers (and voters) who operate in a vast, open-market economy.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Even in the series’ opening hours, which rush to establish the country’s frenzied obsession with the new market economy and how Mr. Bao harnessed it through the tutelage of his wise Uncle Ye (You Benchang), there are searing reminders of what happens when similar bets don’t pay off.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2025
In a market economy, the way allocation of capital goods works, of course, is price signals.
—Katie Drummond, Wired News, 18 Nov. 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 1 Jan. 2026.
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