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A "free" market is a mythological concept of a market devoid of [[state]] interference, which exists as a utopian kind of heaven-surrogate in most [[libertarianism|libertarian]] and right-[[liberalism|liberal]] publications.
A "free" market is a mythological concept of a market devoid of [[state]] interference, which exists as a utopian kind of heaven-surrogate in most [[libertarianism|libertarian]] and right-[[liberalism|liberal]] publications.
[[Category:Capitalism]]
[[Category:Marxist economic concepts]]

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A market is an abstraction which represents the sum total of all production for exchange, and all market exchange within a system. Capitalism is founded upon production for exchange, and so is characterized in part by the presence of a market.

A "free" market is a mythological concept of a market devoid of state interference, which exists as a utopian kind of heaven-surrogate in most libertarian and right-liberal publications.