Afree market exists
a. when the government places few restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed.
b. when the government places absolutely no restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed.
c. only in fiction. there are no markets or economies which even come close to approaching the status of a free market.
d. when the government places significant restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed.