Like anything, the term “free market” fluctuates in semantics like hemlines. But “the effective freedom to compete” is a reasonable TLDR on versions of it that

Like anything, the term “free market” fluctuates in semantics like hemlines. But “the effective freedom to compete” is a reasonable TLDR on versions of it that lead to peace and prosperity. The “money for nothing” kind of capitalism? That kind gets regimes and their apologists killed in my reading of history. I’ll admonish you to endorse a better plan.