free market

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We’ve been around a while and don’t recall when anyone relied “solely” on the free market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Paradoxically, the union has embraced the principles of Adam Smith: Let the free market work.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

For Jetter, Merz's China trip is a chance to take a "clear stance" that Germany believes in "a free market economy that is rules-based and wants a level playing field".

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

The fate of Scion Capital turned on these bets, but that fate was not, in the short run, determined by an open and free market.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis