free market

Example Sentences

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So the advisory firms arose from a free market to offer them analysis.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

Ironically, the situation now is a bastard version of one reform favored by free market types: paying athletes without any pretense that they are real students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

And while Beijing funds these developments centrally, in the US it is a messy but productive free market free for all, which means trial and error on an epic scale.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

If the government can’t deliver what the Fed needs, it may be time to turn to the free market.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Inside the free market, however, there might be some authority capable of checking its excess.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis