Let's read TFA, shall we? In "Criticism" section we find: > Critics of the free market also argue that it results in significant market dominance, inequality

Let's read TFA, shall we? In "Criticism" section we find: > Critics of the free market also argue that it results in significant market dominance, inequality of bargaining power, or information asymmetry, in order to allow markets to function more freely. Clicking "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequality_of_bargaining_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequality_of_bargaining_power" shows right at the introduction: > Inequality of bargaining power is generally thought to undermine the freedom of contract, resulting in a disproportionate level of freedom between parties, and that it represents a place at which markets fail. One could click on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_asymmetry#cite_note-11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_asymmetry#cite_not... , to find: > Information asymmetry is in contrast to perfect information, which is a key assumption in neo-classical economics.[11] But that would require one more click to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economics: > Neoclassical economics is an approach to economics in which the production, consumption, and valuation (pricing) of goods and services are observed as driven by the supply and demand model. > Under certain circumstances it makes sense to study a model of markets with perfect information symmetry. But that's a very different (and much more restricted) term than 'free market'. Again, that's exactly what "free market" is. Market that functions *solely* on interparty contracts is laissez faire. The key difference is that in laissez faire price equilibrium is a defining property, whereas in a free market price equilibrium is an expected emergent property if perfect information symmetry is maintained.