Talk:market economy

A true free market economy is an economy in which all resources are owned by individuals, and in which decisions about the allocation of those resources are made by individuals without government intervention.

This sentence implies a dichotomy between individuals and government by implying there is no third category. I understand free market ideology as calling for all resources being privately owned, which is not, in practice, synonymous with them all being owned by individuals, which I understand to be human beings.

Decisions about allocations may be made by individuals, but not individually. The allocation resulting from market forces can be seen as a negotiated compromise between a large number of parties. Wouldn't it be appropriate to point out that, if we're to draw parallels between market forces and force which is measured in newtons, that the resulting equilibrium has a lot to do with the magnitude of the forces in question? In other words, the market is like democracy, except instead of 'one man [sic] one vote' it's 'one dollar one vote.'

Also, the general tone of the article posits a hard dichotomy between market and 'command.' To its credit, a link is provided to 'participatory economy.'