Is a free market the same as a market economy?

Answer:
yes!!




Not really. A "free market" is generally a micro-economic term, and describes the conditions where consumers and suppliers form an economic exchange generally free of outside price controls. A "market economy" is a macro-economic term, and describes one of many different large-scale economic forms which use a free market micro-economy as its basis, but have a varying degree of regulation layered on top.
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