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A market economy is an economic system in which individuals own most of the resources - land, labor, and capital - and control their use through voluntary decisions made in the marketplace. It is a system in which the government plays a small role. In this type of economy, two forces - self-interest and competition - play a very important role.
A free market economy is one where - Property and resources are privately owned - There is freedom to produce and purchase goods and services - There is no central planning of the economy - Price mechanism and profits determine price of economic goods - Profit is the driving force, or motive of all firms Thus it is evident that there are many privately owned firms that provide the economic goods in market economies.